NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND COLLINS  65 
The  skull,  badly  crushed,  rested  on  a  large  flat  stone — not  one  of 
the  floor  stones  mentioned  above ;  there  were  several  more  stones  and 
a  mass  of  timbers  overlying  the  body,  probably  having  been  so  placed 
at  the  time  of  burial.  The  following  decorated  objects — all  Old  Bering 
Sea — were  found  above  the  burial  at  the  following  depths :  decorated 
box  handle,  12  inches  deep  (text  fig.  14)  ;  two  harpoon  heads,  18 
inches  deep  and  one  fragment,  20  inches  (pi.  19,  fig.  7)  ;  two  needle 
cases,  20  and  24  inches  deep  (pi.  17,  figs.  8  and  4)  ;  harpoon  socket 
piece,  36  inches.  Just  beneath  the  stone  on  which  lay  the  skull  was 
found  a  much  weathered  harpoon  head  with  traces  of  Old  Bering 
Sea  decoration.  Other  objects  with  similar  ornamentation  were  found 
nearby  but  not  in  contact  with  the  burial :  an  ivory  gut  scraper,  50 
inches  deep  (pi.  17,  fig.  i)  ;  an  ivory  winged  object,  38  inches  deep 
(pi.  20,  fig.  5)  ;  and  four  harpoon  heads,  36  inches  (pi.  24,  fig.  18, 
and  pi.  26,  fig.  i),  38  inches  (pi.  26,  fig.  18),  and  48  inches  (pi.  24, 
fig-  15)- 
Cut  p  b. — This  was  a  small,  rather  unproductive  cut  adjoining  cut  9 
on  the  SW.  (pi.  9,  fig.  i )  ;  the  high  spot  where  the  two  men  are  work- 
ing is  .cut  9  b ;  house  no.  3  appears  below,  to  the  right,  and  no.  4  in 
the  foreground.  Cut  9  b  yielded  only  10  specimens,  including  a 
harpoon  head  with  Old  Bering  Sea  decoration  at  depth  of  22  inches. 
The  cut  was  begun  in  order  to  expose  a  cache,  the  whale  skull  walls 
of  which  became  visible  as  cut  9  was  being  dug.  Cut  9  b  was  6  feet 
long  by  4  feet  wide  and  was  carried  to  a  depth  of  30  inches;  it  ex- 
posed only  the  NE.  and  NW.  walls  of  the  cache,  which  had  been 
constructed  of  three  whale  skulls  placed  base  upward,  with  several 
connecting  timbers. 
Cut  14. — A  small  cut,  6  feet  long  and  4  feet  wide,  adjoining  cut  9 
on  the  NE. ;  taken  down  in  six  levels  to  a  depth  of  3  feet  5  inches. 
Only  seven  specimens,  in  addition  to  potsherds  and  stone  blades,  were 
found. 
Cut  15. — When  a  little  preliminary  digging  had  revealed  the  en- 
trance passage  leading  to  house  no.  4  an  excavation  was  started  in 
the  area  immediately  in  front  (to  the  west)  so  as  to  uncover  the 
passage  in  its  entirety.  This  excavation  was  designated  as  cut  15. 
The  cut  was  made  in  the  area  to  the  left  of  where  the  two  men  are 
shown  digging,  in  plate  9,  figure  i ;  plate  9,  figure  3,  shows  cut  15 
after  the  entrance  floor  (to  house  no.  4)  had  been  reached.  The  cut 
was  taken  down  in  six  levels  to  the  floor,  which  averaged  5  feet 
below  the  surface.  The  first  four  levels,  to  a  depth  of  3  feet,  yielded 
40  artifacts,  including  the  winged  ivory  object  with  Old  Bering  Sea 
decoration  shown  in  plate  20,  figure  i,  found  at  a  depth  of  28  inches. 
