NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND — COLLINS  I97 
Just  as  at  levoghiyoq,  the  harpoon  heads  at  the  two  latest  sites  were 
for  the  most  part  undecorated.  Of  the  80  harpoon  heads  and  frag- 
ments found  at  Seklowaghyaget,  14  were  ornamented  ;  of  the  68  from 
the  old  section  of  Gambell,  only  2.  One  of  the  decorated  heads  from 
Seklowaghyaget  (cut  2,  49  in.)  is  shown  in  plate  71,  figure  2.  It  has 
the  phase  i,  style  2  decoration  of  lines  and  long  spurs  which  seems 
to  have  been  the  earliest  style  present  at  levoghiyoq.  Three  other 
Seklowaghyaget  heads  have  this  same  decoration  and  all  of  them 
came  from  the  deeper  levels — 34  to  52  inches.  On  the  basis  of  these 
few  specimens,  therefore,  it  would  appear  that  the  earliest  period  at 
Seklowaghyaget  was  approximately  contemporaneous  with  the  earli- 
est period  at  levoghiyoq.  However,  from  the  evidence  afforded  by 
other  implement  types,  particularly  the  forms  of  the  harpoon  heads 
themselves,  it  is  clear  that  Seklowaghyaget  was  occupied  for  a  con- 
siderable period  after  levoghiyoq  had  been  abandoned.  Of  the  10 
other  decorated  harpoon  heads  from  Seklowaghyaget,  3  are  to  be 
classed  as  phase  2  of  style  2,6  as  phase  3  (including  plate  71,  figure  14), 
and  I  as  indeterminable. 
Of  the  two  decorated  heads  from  the  old  section  of  Gambell,  one 
(from  cut  I,  depth  16  in.)  has  the  deep  lines,  spurs,  and  dots  of  phase 
2,  style  2  ;  the  other  specimen  ( from  cut  i ,  24  in.)  is  so  badly  weathered 
that  the  design  is  unrecognizable. 
The  early  Punuk  stage  witnessed  an  interesting  development  in 
those  artifacts  which  for  want  of  a  better  name  have  been  referred 
to  on  previous  pages  as  "  winged  objects  ",  the  Old  Bering  Sea  forms 
of  which  were  illustrated  in  plates  12,  20,  and  21.  In  plates  68  and  69 
we  have  views  of  both  sides  of  eight  specimens  showing  the  forms 
that  these  "  winged  "  objects  assumed  during  the  Punuk  stage.  The 
initial  step  in  the  transition  from  the  Old  Bering  Sea  to  the  Punuk 
forms  is  not  illustrated  by  the  material  excavated  at  Gambell,  but 
fortunately  there  are  two  specimens  which  do  show  it.  The  first  of 
these  is  the  winged  object  from  Point  Hope  figured  by  Mathiassen 
(1929,  p.  45).  The  second,  which  is  very  similar  in  form  and  orna- 
mentation, is  shown  in  text  figure  23  ;  this  specimen  was  purchased  by 
Dr.  Hrdlicka,  and  although  the  exact  provenience  is  unknown,  it 
probably  came  from  St.  Lawrence  Island  or  Little  Diomede  Island. 
The  central  projection  is  broken  off  on  both  this  object  and  the  one 
figured  by  Mathiassen.  Structurally,  these  two  objects  are  closer  to 
the  Old  Bering  Sea  than  the  Punuk  type :  both  have  the  Old  Bering 
Sea  form  of  socket — square  or  rectangular — and  in  the  specimen  shown 
in  text  figure  23  there  are  round  lashing  slots  leading  into  the 
socket  from  the  sides ;  the  wings  are  still  rather  wide,  although  they 
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