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quite  distinct.  Arrowheads  are  much  more  common  in  the  Punuk 
than  in  the  Old  Bering  Sea ;  no  less  than  88  were  found  at  levoghi- 
yoq  alone,  with  smaller  numbers  from  the  other  two  sites.  It  is  also 
of  interest  to  note  that  almost  half  of  the  arrowheads  from  levog- 
hiyoq  are  of  ivory,  whereas  at  the  two  earlier  sites  bone  was  used 
almost  exclusively.  The  most  common  type  by  far  is  that  with  a 
single  barb  (pi.  74,  figs,  6-9).  Also  represented  are  types  with  two 
or  more  barbs  (fig.  10)  and  no  barbs  (fig.  14).  Figure  15  (lev., 
cut  I,  depth  28  in.)  is  an  uncommon  type,  of  bone,  with  three  pairs 
of  opposed  barbs  and  a  bifurcated  tang.  Many  of  the  ivory  arrow- 
heads, particularly  those  with  one  or  more  barbs  on  the  same  side, 
are  triangular  in  cross-section,  thus  approaching  the  modern  St. 
Lawrence  form  (Nelson,  pi.  61  a,  figs.  1,2). 
None  of  the  above  types,  with  the  possible  exception  of  figure  14, 
were  found  at  the  Old  Bering  Sea  sites ;  on  the  other  hand,  some  of 
them  resemble  rather  closely  some  of  the  Thule  types  (Mathiassen, 
1927,  vol.  I,  pi.  8,  figs.  2-4;  pi.  9,  figs.  I,  3).  Some  of  the  tangs  par- 
ticularly resemble  the  Thule  in  that  they  are  provided  with  a  shoulder 
or  conical  enlargement.  It  should  also  be  noted  that  the  large  collec- 
tion of  Punuk  heads  included  only  one  specimen  with  a  blade  slit, 
a  feature  which  was  often  present  on  the  Old  Bering  Sea  heads. 
Plate  74,  figure  11,  is  an  ivory  peg,  from  Seklowaghyaget,  cut  2, 
depth  12  inches ;  it  has  a  sharp  slender  tang  and  a  blunt,  rounded  head  ; 
possibly  an  arrow  tip.  Pegs  of  this  kind,  of  both  bone  and  ivory,  are 
characteristic  of  the  Punuk  stage. 
Blunt  tips  for  bird  arrows. — These  were  found  neither  at  the  Hill- 
side site  nor  at  the  older  section  of  Miyowagh.  We  may  therefore 
assume  that  they  were  unknown  to  the  Old  Bering  Sea  Eskimos. 
However,  five  examples  were  found  in  the  later,  northwestern  section 
of  Miyowagh,  as  follows:  Cut  4,  depth  43  inches;  cut  6,  12  inches; 
cut  19,  48  inches  (the  first  two  are  conical  in  shape,  like  the  example 
from  Seklowaghyaget,  cut  8,  depth  67  in.,  shown  in  pi.  74,  fig.  13; 
the  third  is  similar  in  shape,  but  longer,  with  a  large  round  socket 
2  cm  deep,  and  two  lateral  lashing  slots  at  the  lower  end).  An  un- 
finished specimen  similar  to  the  latter  comes  from  cut  20,  depth  12 
inches.  Apparently  the  straight-based,  conical  form  is  older  than 
the  ovoid.  The  fifth  specimen  from  Miyowagh  (cut  2,  depth  43  in.) 
is  of  another  type,  with  a  bifurcated  tang  instead  of  a  round  socket 
and  with  an  enlarged  end  into  which  were  cut  three  deep  slanting 
grooves;  it  is  of  bone  (cf.  Nelson,  pi.  61,  b,  fig.  17;  c,  figs.  3-7). 
Plate  74,  figure  13,  from  Seklowaghyaget,  cut  8,  depth  67  inches, 
was  the  only  example  of  the  conical  type  of  blunt  arrow  tip  found  at 
