NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND COLLINS  217, 
House  no.  8  (described  on  p.  187,  pi.  63,  figs.  2-5)  was  older,  dating 
probably  from  about  the  eighteenth  century.  Lamp  and  pot  frag- 
ments were  like  those  from  house  no.  10,  but  no  other  implements 
of  strictly  modern  types  were  present.  There  were  nine  harpoon  heads, 
six  of  which  are  shown  on  plate  71,  figures  15-20.  Open  socket  type 
III  (b)  X  is  represented  by  five  examples,  including  figures  18,  19, 
and  20.  The  last  of  these  is  of  particular  interest,  since  it  represents 
a  very  close  approach  to  the  modern  form.  In  fact,  it  is  only  the 
wedge-shaped  open  socket  that  brings  this  head  into  type  III  (b)  x ; 
the  rounded  contour  and  the  large  triangular  line  hole  with  deeply 
beveled  lower  border  are  characteristic  features  of  the  modern  St. 
Lawrence  type.  Of  the  bladeless  form,  open  socket  type  V,  there  are 
three  examples,  all  of  bone,  two  of  which  are  illustrated  (pi.  71,  figs. 
15,  16).  These  are  of  smaller  size  than  the  previous  examples  of  this 
type  from  Seklowaghyaget.  Figure  17  is  apparently  a  slightly  older 
form  of  the  bladeless  head,  for  it  lacks  the  wedge-shaped  socket. 
House  no.  9  was  apparently  contemporaneous  with  house  no.  8. 
Only  two  harpoon  heads  were  found  here,  one  of  open  socket  type 
III  (a)  X,  the  other  of  type  III  (b)  x. 
The  excavation  in  the  shallow  midden  deposit  adjoining  the  present 
village  of  Gambell  yielded  39  harpoon  heads  and  fragments  large 
enough  for  type  identification.  Among  these  was  a  single  example 
of  open  socket  type  III  (a)  x  (from  cut  i,  depth  16  in.),  a  badly 
weathered,  broken  specimen  with  Punuk  ornamentation,  probably  a 
relic  from  an  earlier  period.  The  same  may  be  true  of  the  only  closed 
socket  head  found  at  this  site  (cut  i,  depth  24  in.).  This  was  a  small, 
much  worn  specimen  of  closed  socket  type  V  y,  which  had  originally 
been  decorated  in  Punuk  style.  Since  these  two  heads,  which  are 
typically  Punuk  both  in  form  and  ornamentation,  are  weathered  to  a 
much  greater  degree  than  any  of  the  others  from  the  same  site,  it 
seems  reasonable  to  suppose  that  they  are  older  specimens,  belonging 
perhaps  to  the  adjoining  site,  Seklowaghyaget. 
There  are  three  examples  of  the  bladeless,  open  socket  type  V,  all 
from  cut  I,  at  depths  of  8,  16,  and  32  inches.  The  first  two  are  shown 
on  plate  71,  figures  22,  23;  figure  23  and  the  one  not  illustrated  are 
of  bone.  It  will  also  be  observed  that  figure  23  differs  from  the  usual 
form  in  having  the  bladeless  upper  end  flattened  transversely,  so  that 
the  cutting  edges  lie  parallel  with  the  line  hole  instead  of  at  right 
angles  to  it. 
Of  the  remaining  34  specimens,  all  but  one  belong  to  open  socket 
type   III    (b)    X,  the   form  with  narrow,  wedge-shaped    socket  and 
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