140  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
Type  6  (pi.  35,  fig.  7). — Long  and  slender;  lashing  groove  across 
top ;  no  holes ;  prong  longer  than  body. 
One  example,  from  cut  3,  24  inches  (pi.  35,  fig.  7). 
Type  7  (pi.  35,  fig.  8) . — Large  and  heavy ;  deep,  wide  lashing  groove 
across  top ;  prominent  upstanding  back  end ;  prong  about  same  length 
as  body. 
One  example,  from  cut  17,  20  inches  (pi.  35,  fig.  8). 
Little  can  be  said  regarding  the  chronology  of  the  forms.  Types 
4  and  7  were  restricted  to  the  later  section  of  the  midden  and  are 
therefore  Punuk  types,  and  presumably  later  than  types  i  to  3  a,  5, 
and  6.  The  latter,  however,  were  generally  distributed  throughout 
the  midden,  suggesting  that  there  was  no  segregation  according  to 
period,  the  several  types  having  been  more  or  less  contemporaneous. 
The  two  small  ivory  hooks,  plate  35,  figures  9,  10  (cut  5,  32  in., 
and  cut  23,  78  in.),  may  be  barbs  for  salmon  spears.  They  have 
fiat  bases,  like  the  meat  hooks,  so  that  if  they  were  salmon  barbs  they 
dififer  from  those  of  the  Thule  Culture  (Mathiassen,  1927,  vol.  i, 
pi.  12,  figs.  10,  II  ;  pi.  43.  figs.  1,3-5;  Pl-  71.  figs-  2,  3;  pi.  77,  fig.  13) 
and  of  the  modern  Alaskan  Eskimo  (Nelson,  1899,  fig.  42,  fig.  i). 
FiSHLiNE  Sinkers 
The  plummet-shaped  fishline  sinker  is  an  important  element  of  the 
Old  Bering  Sea  culture.  Seventy  complete  and  eleven  broken  speci- 
mens were  found  at  Miyowagh,  all  of  ivory  except  two  which  were 
of  bone;  four,  of  ivory,  were  found  at  the  Hillside  site.  Although 
relatively  simple,  there  is  sufficient  variation  in  size,  shape,  and  posi- 
tion of  the  line  holes  to  warrant  a  division  of  the  fishline  sinkers 
into  several  types,  as  follows : 
Type  I  (pi.  36,  figs.  1-4). — Thick;  fine  holes  at  right  angles;  lower 
end  tapers  abruptly,  upper  end  gradually,  so  that  the  maximum  thick- 
ness is  below  the  center ;  sometimes  a  prominent  side  bulge  below 
center,  projecting  in  plane  of  the  lower  line  hole. 
Nineteen  examples  were  found,  distributed  as  follows:  Cut  i, 
depth  38  inches.  Cut  7,  46  inches  (pi.  36,  fig.  3).  Cut  9a,  12  inches. 
Cut  10,  50  inches.  Cut  18,  51  inches  (pi.  36,  fig.  2)  ;  57  inches;  59 
inches  (pi.  36,  fig.  i)  ;  60  inches  (2)  ;  66  inches.  Cut  19,  24  inches; 
56  inches  (2).  Cut  20,  12  inches.  Cut  21,  29  inches.  Cut  23,  68  inches. 
Cut  24,  36  inches  (pi.  36,  fig.  4) .  Cut  27,  38  inches.  Cut  29,  29  inches. 
This  is  perhaps  the  most  striking  and  clear-cut  of  the  several  types 
and  also  one  of  the  oldest.  Only  five  examples  (those  from  cuts  i, 
19,  and  20)  were  found  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  midden,  the 
others  coming  from  the  older,  southeastern  section.   It  should  be  noted 
