NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND — COLLINS  9I 
Plate  19,  figures  4  and  6,  are  two  more  animal  figures.  The  first 
(from  cut  23,  depth  80  in.)  is  an  ivory  object  with  a  deep  cylindrical 
socket  in  the  larger  end  and  the  smaller  end  carved  to  represent  the 
head  of  a  mammal  with  prominent  teeth.  Figure  6  is  a  poorly  pre- 
served carving  of  a  walrus  from  cut  9,  depth  unknown.  The  base  is 
slotted  in  the  same  manner  as  the  two  small  bird  figures  from  the 
Hillside  site  (pi.  13,  figs.  4,  6). 
From  the  foregoing  analysis  we  have  seen  that  there  are  three  gen- 
eral styles  of  Old  Bering  Sea  art.  Style  i,  which  was  found  only  at 
the  Hillside  site  and  under  conditions  which  seemed  to  indicate  that 
it  was  the  earliest  of  the  three,  is  also  the  simplest  and  most  generalized 
(text  figure  6  and  pi.  12,  figs.  11-14;  pi.  13,  figs.  5,  7,  8).  One  object 
from  Little  Diomede  Island  (pi.  14,  fig.  5)  is  also  in  this  style  and 
three  others  are  similar  (pi.  14,  figs.  3-4,  6,  and  text  figure  8).  It  is 
essentially  a  linear  style,  being  characterized  by  a  profusion  of  radiat- 
ing lines,  long,  sharp  spurs  and  broken  lines.  Concentric  circles  and 
slightly  curving  lines  were  also  used  to  a  certain  extent. 
Style  2  is  distinctly  curvilinear,  and  stands  out  in  rather  striking 
contrast  to  style  i,  even  though  it  employs  some  of  the  same  ele- 
ments, such  as  spurs  attached  to  lines,  broken  lines,  and  circles.  The 
characteristic  motives  of  style  2  are  illustrated  in  text  figure  15  and 
also  in  plate  13,  figures  1-3,  6;  plate  23,  figures  i,  2,  4,  9,  10,  14, 
all  from  the  Hillside  site,  and  plate  15,  figures  3-6,  10;  plate  24, 
figures  I,  5.  11-13,  17,  18,  etc.,  from  Miyowagh.  In  addition  to  those 
illustrated  there  are  15  other  examples  of  Old  Bering  Sea  style  2, 
mostly  fragments,  from  various  depths  at  Miyowagh,  as  follows:  cut 
2,  43  inches ;  cut  3,  60  inches ;  cut  6,  26  inches  ;  cut  9,  depth  unknown  ; 
cut  9  b,  22  inches ;  cut  10,  54  inches ;  cut  18,  18  and  64  inches  ;  cut  19, 
24  and  78  inches;  cut  24,  18,  25,  and  64  inches;  cut  27,  32  and  38 
inches. 
The  distinction  between  styles  2  and  3  is  less  sharply  defined  and 
the  chronological  implications  less  clear;  however,  the  fact  that  style 
2  is  well  represented  at  the  Hillside  site  and  that  most  of  the  com- 
parable specimens  from  Miyowagh  come  from  the  lower  levels  of 
the  midden,  would  seem  to  indicate  its  priority  over  style  3.  The  latter 
is  stylistically  nothing  more  than  an  adaptation  of  style  2  in  which 
special  emphasis  is  placed  upon  concentric  circles.  These  circles  are 
larger  than  those  of  style  2  and  are  usually,  but  not  invariably,  ar- 
ranged so  as  to  suggest  the  eyes  of  an  animal.  In  some  cases  the 
smaller  circles  of  style  2  also  carried  out  the  "  animal  head  "  concept, 
but  as  a  rule  they  were  not  so  employed.  Along  with  the  increased 
emphasis  on,  and  dominance  of,  circles  in  the  decorative  scheme  of 
