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platform was constructed of gravel; on the floorplace there were 

 flat stones and the bottom of the passage lay lower than the floor. 

 Above the innermost, flat, covering stone of the passage there was 

 a recess with a triangular opening in towards the house. The 

 measurements of the opening were : along the base 037 M. ; the 

 sides 032 and 024 M. (Ptarmigan, hare, dog, bearded seal, fjord 

 seal, reindeer, musk-ox (skull with horns^). 



In the wnnter-house 407 the platform was also of gravel. In 

 the front wall there was a similar recess, but rectangular, 040 M. 



Fig. 37. Winter-house 401. Snenæs. 



Seen from the south. The presence of the house is only indicated l)y the overgrown circle in 



the middle of the picture. The winter-houses 392 and 393 lay above the highest snow-slope 



seen to the right of the picture. (Photo, by the author). 



broad, 0-27 M. high and 030 M. deep. The passage was 0.50 M. high 

 and not much broken down; the bottom lay lower than the floor 

 of the house. (Feathers of large bird, hare, dog, walrus, fjord seal, 

 reindeer (including several antlers), ribs of a small whale, narwhal). 



Wood has certainly been used in the construction of the roof 

 in both houses. Outside the houses many antlers of deer were 

 found, some of which had been cast naturally. 



Further west on the Naze than the winter-houses, and around 

 these, we found other stone remains, namely, 7 tent-rings, 2 shelters, 

 many meat-stores and 2 structures of stone built by children. 



Tent-ring 409 was found furthest to the west on the shore. 



