CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Foreword ix 



Introduction, by Frederica de Laguna 1 



The problem — 1 



Traditional history of the Yakutat area 3 



Contact with Europeans 10 



The Yakutat Area, by Frederica de Laguna. 13 



Geography 13 



Geological changes 15 



Settlements on Yakutat Bay 20 



Settlements in the Ankau area 23 



Settlements, Lost River to Italio River 24 



Settlements in the Dry Bay area 28 



Old Town, Knight Island, by Francis A. Riddell and Frederica de Laguna. 31 



Native traditions 31 



The site 33 



Shaman's gi-ave. Knight Island 35 



Excavation and mapping techniques 36 



Stratigraphy of the trash mounds 36 



Houses and Caches, by Francis A. Riddell and Frederica de Laguna 43 



House pits 43 



Smaller surface and subsurface pits 45 



The storage house 48 



House 8 51 



WaUs 52 



Roof 54 



Floor 54 



Sweat-bath rocks 54 



Box 55 



House Pit 1 58 



House 9 61 



Walls 61 



Roof 63 



Floor 63 



Hearth 63 



Intrusive features 63 



Test pits 64 



House Pit 7 65 



Recent houses 66 



Comparisons "^3 



Analysis of Faunal Remains From Old Town, Knight Island, by J. 



Arthur Freed and Kenneth S. Lane 77 



Artifacts, by Frederica de Laguna, Francis A. Riddell, and Donald F. McGeein. 85 



Introduction 85 



Objects of copper 87 



Objects of iron 88 



Adzes, axes, and small woodworking tools 90 



Splitting adzes — 90 



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