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Hillside  site  at  Gambell,  as  well  as  with  the  later  material  from  Punuk 
Island.  This,  however,  is  something  that  cannot  be  decided  until  this 
very  interesting  and  important  collection  from  Punuk  Island  is  de- 
scribed in  detail. 
MiYOWAGH 
On  the  flat  gravel  plain  at  the  foot  of  the  plateau  and  about  50  yards 
from  the  Hillside  site,  is  the  low  grass-covered  kitchen  midden  known 
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Fig.  10. — Outline  of  Miyowagh,  showing  excavations  of  1930  and  1931. 
to  the  Eskimos  as  Miyowagh,  the  "  climbing-up  place  ",  so  called  be- 
cause the  trail  from  Gambell  here  begins  to  ascend  the  hillside.  The 
midden  lies  at  the  head  of  the  gravel  plain  within  the  first  two — ^the 
oldest — beach  lines  which  extend  westward  from  the  base  of  the  pla- 
teau for  a  distance  of  three-quarters  of  a  mile.  It  is  situated  about 
100  yards  from  the  north  end  of  the  lake  and  three-quarters  of  a 
mile  and  a  half  a  mile  back  from  the  sea  (text  fig.  2).  The  midden 
is  irregular  in  outline  with  an  average  diameter  of  a  little  over  100 
yards  (text  fig.  10).   It  appears  to  be  rather  low,  with  a  visible  height 
