360 Thomas Thomskn 



In the case of certain finds, however, it was imperative to depart 

 from this general arrangement ; thus with burial places, for instance, 

 \vhere the collection of objects found in the grave represented the 

 personal belongings of a single individual, it would have been un- 

 natural to divide up the find into its separate parts. The grave and 

 the objects found therein should be regarded as a single indivisible 

 item, and grave finds demand a special chapter to themselves. Simil- 

 arly also, I have found it advisable to devote another chapter to the 

 special consideration of two larger finds, the remains of settlements, 

 each of which may in some degree claim to be regarded apart from 

 the rest. Here, however, the more detailed description of the sepa- 

 rate items has for the most part been relegated to that part of the 

 work dealing with implements generally. 



In treating of single implements or groups of such, reference 

 has, in the fullest possible degree, been made to the material previ- 

 ously brought home from North-east Greenland; in this connection, 

 North-east Greenland is taken as indicating the now uninhabited 

 northern portion of the East coast, with the Scoresby Sound district 

 as its southernmost part. 



The previous material here in question comprises — in order 

 of locality from north to south — the collection in the Museum für 

 Völkerkunde in Berlin, from the second German Arctic Expedition 

 in 1869 — 7Ü, which verges on the southern portion of the area in- 

 vestigated by the Danmark Expedition; the collection from the 

 Nathorst Expedition (1899) in the Riksmuseum, Stockholm, from 

 the region between 75° and 70°; a small section in the ethnographical 

 collection of Christiania University, brought home by a Norwegian 

 whaler, especially from Lat. 74° 20' and finally, the extensive collec- 

 tions in the National Museum, Copenhagen, as procured by two 

 Danish Expeditions, to wit, C. Ryder's in 1892 to Scoresby Sound, 

 and G. Amdrup's of 1898—1900 to the regions between Scoresby 

 Sound and Angmagsalik. 



In the case of the Nathorst collection, I have only been able 

 to consider such items as are illustrated in the various published 

 works; the remaining collections, however, I have been able to study 

 in the respective museums, and beg to express my grateful thanks 

 to the authorities concerned for the courtesy and assistance afforded 

 me in the work. My special thanks are also due to Hr. Herluf 

 Winge, Viceinspector at the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen Uni- 

 versity, who kindly undertook the determination of a large number 

 of bone objects among the material. 



