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inches,  in  17  levels.  It  yielded  285  artifacts,  very  similar  to  those 
from  cut  18.  Three  harpoon  heads  or  fragments  with  early  Punuk 
decoration  from  depths  of  8  inches,  and  14  inches  (2)  (pi.  24,  fig. 
21).  The  others  are  of  older  types  and  are  either  plain  or  decorated 
in  Old  Bering  Sea  style;  those  illustrated  are:  plate  24,  figure  2  (65 
in.  deep),  figure  4  (81  in.),  figure  7  (14  in.),  figure  9  (58  in.)  ;  plate 
26,  figure  2  (81  in.).  Other  Old  Bering  Sea  objects  are  shown  on 
plate  15,  figure  2  (18  in.),  figure  3  (72  in.)  and  plate  19,  figure  4 
(80  in.). 
Cut  24,  adjoining  cut  .18  on  the  south,  was  also  6  by  12  feet.  It 
reached  a  depth  of  6  feet  9  inches  and  was  taken  down  in  12  levels. 
It  yielded  187  artifacts,  very  similar  to  above.  One  harpoon  head  with 
early  Punuk  decoration  from  depth  of  18  inches,  also  the  object  on 
plate  22,  figure  2.  Two  harpoon  heads  and  two  fragments  with 
Old  Bering  Sea  decoration  from  depths  of  13  inches  (pi.  26,  fig.  20), 
18  inches,  25  inches,  54  inches  (pi.  26,  fig.  3).  The  seal-headed 
toggle  (pi.  15,  fig.  12)  comes  from  depth  of  54  inches  and  two  other 
objects  with  Old  Bering  Sea  decoration  from  depths  of  64  and  81 
inches. 
Cut  25,  which  was  6  feet  square,  adjoins  cut  24  on  the  west.  It 
reached  a  depth  of  8  feet  and  was  taken  down  in  13  levels.  Artifacts 
numbered  179.  Two  harpoon  heads  with  Punuk  decoration  from  depth 
of  18  inches;  seven  with  Old  Bering  Sea  decoration,  from  depths  of 
18  inches  (2),  37  inches  (pi.  26,  fig.  15),  39  inches,  48  inches  (pi. 
19,  fig.  8),  61  inches  (pi.  26,  fig.  17),  79  inches. 
Cut  29  was  a  narrow  strip  2^  feet  wide  to  the  west  of  cuts  23  and 
25.  It  was  taken  to  a  depth  of  only  3  feet,  in  four  levels.  Fifty  arti- 
facts were  found,  including  the  harpoon  head  shown  on  plate  25, 
figure  6,  from  a  depth  of  25  inches. 
The  six  photographs  shown  in  plate  10,  figures  3,  4,  and  plate  11, 
figures  1-4,  will  afford  some  idea  of  the  nature  of  cuts  18,  23,  24,  and 
25,  and  of  the  house  remains  found  at  the  bottom.  Plate  10,  figure  3, 
is  a  view  looking  SE.  toward  the  hillside,  showing  the  four  contiguous 
cuts  at  an  early  stage  of  the  excavation.  The  deeper  excavation  in 
the  left  foreground  is  cut  18.  The  Eskimo,  Silook,  is  standing  in 
cut  24,  and  on  the  ground  in  front  of  him  is  a  large  piece  of  walrus 
hide.  Beneath  this  were  found  pieces  of  timbers,  shown  at  the  left 
in  plate  10,  figure  4.  In  plate  ii  are  shown  four  views  of  the  excava- 
tion at  a  later  stage.  Plate  11,  figure  i,  shows  the  floor  stones  of 
the  house,  5  feet  deep,  before  being  completely  uncovered  (at  left 
center)  and  to  the  right  of  these,  two  rows  of  upright  timbers  mark- 
ing the  position  of  the  entrance  passage.    Plate  11,  figure  2,  shows  a 
