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Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska central fireplaces. Lamp sherds are rare in Giddings' Kotzebue houses, most of which have a central fireplace, (Giddings, 1952, pp.

60 Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska central fireplaces. Lamp sherds are rare in Giddings' Kotzebue houses, most of which have a central fireplace, (Giddings, 1952, pp. 20, 84-85, 94-95) and at the Ipiutak site, where all the houses have a central fireplace, lamps are completely absent (Larsen and Rainey, 1948, p. 111). All four sherds from the author's Kotzebue houses are from saucer shaped lamps, a type limited in distribution along the coast of Alaska and shown by delaguna (1947, p. 233) and Oswalt (1953a, pp ) to have been derived from the conical bottomed, wide mouthed clay lamps common during the early phases on St. Lawrence Island and at the Ahteut site along the Kobuk river. The oldest saucer shaped clay lamps are from the Ekseavik and Onion Portage (approximately 1400 A.D.) sites (Giddings, 1952, pp. 95, ) and the type also occurs in Kotzebue houses dating approximately 1550 A.D. (Giddings, 1952, pp ). In the Bristol Bay and Norton Sound regions saucer shaped lamps appear to be late (Larsen, 1950, p. 180; Nelson, 1899, p. 65; delaguna, 1947, PI. XXLI, 1-4; Hough, 1898, Pis. 13, 18, 19), the oldest known specimens being from Hooper Bay Village where they were found at the bottom of an excavated layer dating approximately 1600 A.D. (Oswalt, 1953a, p. 29). The Kotzebue saucer shaped lamps under discussion, being from houses dating approximately 1440 A.D., are among the earliest examples of this form in the Kobuk-Kotzebue region. Very little can be said concerning the method of manufacture of Kotzebue pottery except that since the sherds have a tendency to exfoliate in layers, the vessels were probably made by the patch-modeling method. Although most Alaska pottery appears to have been made by patch-modeling, the coiling method is also reported, being described for recent pottery at St. Michael (Nelson, 1899, p. 201) and for one sherd from the Old Bering Sea phase on St. Lawrence Island (Collins, 1937, p.168). A combination of organic and inorganic material, usually pebbles and grass, is the dominant type of tempering in the Kotzebue pottery. Temper is not generally a valid criterion for cross-comparing Alaska pottery and sherds containing both organic and inorganic material are reported from many places along the Alaskan cdast (Larsen, 1950, pp ; delaguna, 1947, p. 227; Nelson, 1899, p. 201; Oswalt, 1952b, p. 28; Giddings, 1952, pp ; VanStone, 1954, p. 184). Although sherds containing only inorganic temper are definitely in the minority at Kotzebue, they belong to a tradition that is widespread in the Eskimo area (delaguna, 1934, p. 68; Weyer, 1930, p. 263; Collins, 1928, p. 254, Fig. 1-4; Collins, 1937, p. 167; Mathiassen, 1927, I, p. 66; Oswalt, 1952b, p. 26; VanStone, 1954, p. 184). The vessel shapes and most of the decorative features of Kotzebue pottery suggest that this ware fits into the northern Alaska and north eastern Siberia pottery category which is characterized by"... rounded or conical-bottomed pots, with straight or barrel shaped sides, and rough surface decorated with textile and paddle impressions." (delaguna, 1947, p. 247). However. the presence of flat bottoms Not for Resale 125

63 ... t\,> 00 Fig. 14. Crossdating between four house logs from Kotzebue and the Kobuk-Kotzebue master chronology. Not for Resale :t. ;:l ;;. "i o 'tl o 0- <Q r:;' ~ - '"0 ~ 'tl ~ "i o. o '-'... ;:r ~ c::: ;:s c;. ~ "i ~.... ~ o... ~ p- o.?;" ~.""._--- --" ".

66 Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska dwellers to the north, range extensively over the interior in the summer while at the same time maintaining their permanent village at Point Hope (Rainey, 1947, pp ) and the people at Hooper Bay Village have in recent times, also hunted caribou without giving up permanent coastal residence (Oswalt, 1952a, p. 73). It can thus be seen that the favorable environment at Kotzebue gave an even greater stability to Kotzebue culture than was possible for peoples living along the Kobuk River. COM?ARATIVE SUMMARY From the text comparisons it is obvious that the archaeological material from the author's excavations most closely approximates Giddings' collection from the same site. The following is a list of comparable traits from Giddings' "Old" Kotzebue site and the author's collection: house with rectangular floor plan, four post center construction and central fireplace step up from tunnel in front of place where tunnel joins main body of house split antler ice pick for fishing fish arrow prong pickerel and sheefish lure-hook shank in realistic fish form ice scoop rim stone net sinker bone net sinker arrowhead, sharp shoulder, conical tang with two knobs blunt arrowhead with wedge-shaped tang blunt arrowhead with bifurcated tang bow brace sinew twister ownership marks on arrowheads harpoon head, closed socket, blade slit parallel to line hole socket piece with wedge-shaped tang peg for throwing board harpoon dart head assymetrically barbed with offset line hole and conical tang antler wedge bone wedge adze head, closed socket, flattened face for handle attachment ulu blade with lashing slot made with stone saw side scraper of chert with convex working edge flint scraper to be hafted into a groove at the tip of a handle beaver tooth tool root pick two-handed scraper of caribou leg bone tel-tho scraper, worked on both faces hair comb, handle with triangular tip lancet pot with conical base with flattened area, straight or convex sides pottery with concentric circle decoration Not for Resale Comparable traits from Giddings' "Intermediate" Kotzebue site: house with four post center construction bone net sinker 131

Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska antler net sinker fish arrow prong leister prong center prong with multiple opposite barbs gorge plummet shaped fish line sinker arrowhead, sharp

stemless flint arrow point bow brace sinew twister ownership marks on arrowheads harpoon foreshaft, tang in shape of blunted cone harpoon socket piece, hollowed out socket at proximal end harpoon

for pegging to runner antler wedge bone wedge adze head, closed socket, flattened face for handle attachment one piece, end bladed knife handle side bladed crooked knife flat, wooden composite knife

67 Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska antler net sinker fish arrow prong leister prong center prong with multiple opposite barbs gorge plummet shaped fish line sinker arrowhead, sharp shoulder, plain conical tang arrowhead, sharp shoulder, conical tang witll bulge end notched arrowhead of the socketed type blunt arrowhead with wedge-shaped tang blunt arrowhead with drilled socket stemless flint arrow point bow brace sinew twister ownership marks on arrowheads harpoon foreshaft, tang in shape of blunted cone harpoon socket piece, hollowed out socket at proximal end harpoon dart head with one or more pairs of opposite barbs and a central line hole salmon arrowhead or small harpoon dart head straight sided, end grooved lance blade receiver sled shoe with drilled holes for pegging to runner antler wedge bone wedge adze head, closed socket, flattened face for handle attachment one piece, end bladed knife handle side bladed crooked knife flat, wooden composite knife handle composite knife handle of bone or ivory $lotted to hold small end blade flint flaker to be hafted into a groove at the tip of a handle beaver tooth tool sawed mammoth tooth stone saw root pick two-handed scraper of caribou leg bone scapula shovel tel-tho scraper, worked on both faces spoon with oblong bowl, either squared or rounded at the end paired, lateral la brets drop pendant plate armor round bottomed pot pot with conical base with flattened area, straight or convex sides flat bottomed vessel a~ sociated with straight rim (flower-pot shape) sherd decoration of horizontal striations in vertical series (rare) saucer shaped lamp Not for Resale The following traits are present in the author's collection but are absent from both Giddings' Kotzebue sites: arrowhead, sharp shoulder, conical tang with four knobs arrowhead, sharp shoulder, conical tang with lashing collar arrowhead, sloping shoulder, plain conical tang arrowhead, sloping shoulder, conical tang with bulge shoulderless arrowhead, wedge-shaped tang 132

68 Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska shoulderless arrowhead, conical tang open notched arrowhead harpoon head, open socket, lashing slot, no blade slit (Thule Type 1) harpoon head, open socket, drilled lashing hole, multiple opposite barbs (Thule Type II) harpoon head, open socket, lashing slot, blade slit parallel to line hole (Thule Type III) harpoon foreshaft, wedge-shaped tang harpoon socket piece, bifurcated tang harpoon socket piece with incised bands near the socket end harpoon dart head, barbs on one side only, offset line hole trace buckle composite knife with base not completely split to form two halves single edged man's knife blade beaming tool scraper handle chert hand drill bark peeler ladle of mountain sheep horn bowl made of a single piece of wood hair comb with bifurcated handle drum handle dice (?) corrugated pottery decoration knotted grass matting impressions on pots check stamped pottery sherds containing only inorganic temper All the traits in the above list, though absent from the Old and Intermediate Kotzebue sites, are present in other Kobuk River sites with the exception of the following: shoulder less arrowhead with conical tang Thule Type I and II harpoon heads composite knife with base not completely split to form two halves single edged, man's knife blade beaming tool scraper handle ladle of mountain sheep horn drum handle corrugated pottery decoration check stam"ped pottery decoration sherds containing only inorganic temper Not for Resale As has already been mentioned, Giddings' Old Kotzebue houses date approximately 1400 A.D. while those designated Intermediate Kotzebue have been assigned an approximate date of 1550 A.D. The dates of the author's houses, with the exception of House 4, fall between these. The material from House 4 is included in the above comparisons because, with the exception of a single-edged man's knife blade, it contained no artifacts not present in the other houses. It is therefore significant that a few important traits such as sled shoes, labrets, plate armor and the saucer shaped lamp are older in the Kotzebue Sound region than was previously supposed. 133

Anthropological Papers of the University 'of Alaska The above comparisons make it difficult for the author to see how the occupation at Kotzebue can be divided into old and intermediate phases.

basically the same throughout this period. It is apparent from the text comparisons that the Kotzebue sites have much in common with the various Kobuk River sites.

manifestations have in common: split antler ice pick for fishine three prong fish spear (barbs found at Naujan; center prongs only at Kotzebue) gorge (gull hook in Thule sites) arrowhead, sharp

69 Anthropological Papers of the University 'of Alaska The above comparisons make it difficult for the author to see how the occupation at Kotzebue can be divided into old and intermediate phases. Rather, continuity of culture over a period of approximately 200 years appears obvious and suggests a continuous occupation of the area by a groop of people practicing a culture which remained basically the same throughout this period. It is apparent from the text comparisons that the Kotzebue sites have much in common with the various Kobuk River sites. In addition to this basic affinity with the Arctic Woodland Culture there is also a definite resemblance to eastern Thule material culture as shown by the following list of traits that the two manifestations have in common: split antler ice pick for fishine three prong fish spear (barbs found at Naujan; center prongs only at Kotzebue) gorge (gull hook in Thule sites) arrowhead, sharp shoulder. conical tang with two or four knobs shoulderless arrowhead with wedge-shaped tang (?) arrowhead, slopine shoulder. conical tang with a bulge harpoon head. open socket. lashing slot. no blade slit (Thule Type I) harpoon head, open socket. multiple opposite barbs (Thule Type II) harpoon head, open socket. lashine slot. blade slit parallel to line hole (Thule Type III) harpoon socket piece. bifurcated tang harpoon 50cket piece, wedge-shaped tane.. ' harpoon socket piece, hollowed out socket at proximal end harpoon dart head. one or more pairs of opposite barbs, central line hole sled shoe with drilled holes for pegging to a runner trace buckle (ivory block) adze head, closed socket, flattened face for handle attachment one piece and bladed knife handle side bladed knife handle single edged man's knife blade flint flaker to be hafted into a groove at the tip of a handle scapula shovel oval bowl made from a single piece of wood composite bowl spoon with oblong handle, either squared or rounded at the end drop pendant drum handle oblong object. notched along all its edges with a drilled hole in the center Not for Resale Thus, in conclusion it may be said that at the Kotzebue site, which was occupied during the 15th ::::d 1 (l ~ h centuries, the artifact types are, with certain important additiuns, ciosely related to those excavated by Giddings in the same area and reflected a form of culture greatly influenced by a river and forest environment. This artifact assemblage, particularly with regard to sea hunting, also resembles that of the Thule culture suggesting contact between Kotzebue and other coastal groups with western Thule affinities. 134

70 Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska FISHING net sinker hr.!", - t n ~r "" ' nn ct.. :11r rj TRAIT LIST H-l H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-II H-7 H-8 through l:l!~ :' :l:ly (PI. I, 2, ",., 6) net sinker, holf'" r'rilled p;jralle l t.) long axis (PI. 1, 1) Ii net sinker, combination of above (PI. 1. 4) _._ stone net sinker, notched (PI. 1. 5) fishing ice pick (PI. 1. 7)... ~ 12 (j 2 8 fish arrow prong (PI. 2, 3, 11, 12)... 2 ~ center prong, barbless (Pl. 2, 13) center prong, multiple barbs (PI. ~, 7, 8)... opposite... nc rge (PI. 2, 16 )... 2 pickerel lure-hook shank (Pl )... --_ ~he e lure-hook ~ h r n l{ (PI.?. 1 G) grayling lure-hook shank (?) (PI. 9, 19) " blank for pickerel or shee lure-hook shanks (Pl. 2, 6) barb for pickerel or shee lure-hook shank, straight (PI. 2, 17) barb for pickerel or shee lure-hook shank, crooked (Pl. 2, 18) line sinker (PI. 2, 14, 15) ice scoop rim (PI. 2, 20), LAND HUNTING arrowhead, Type 1 (PI. 3, 1-6, 18, 19) II arr( whead, Type 2 (Pl. :', ) 2 3 arrowhead, Type 3 (PI. 3, 17; Pl ) arrowhead, Type 4 (PI. 3, 7-9, 11> arrowhead, Type 5 (PI. 4, 12) arrowhead, Type 6 (PI 4, ) arrowhead, Type 7 (PI ; PI. 4, 6, 10) arrowhead, Type 8 (PI. 3, 15; PI. 4, 5) arrowhead, thin elongated tang (PI. 3, 12)... -_ arrowhead, shoulderless, ccnical tang (PI. 3, 13>..... blunt arrowhead, wedge-shaped tang (Pl. 5, 2) blunt arrowhead, bifurcated tang PI. 5, 3) blunt arrowhead, drilled for cappin~ a shaft (PI. 5. 1) Not for Resale 135

Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska blunt arrowhead, end triangular in shape (Pl. 5, 7)... - bow fraji!ment (PI. 4, 7>... I bow brace (PI. 5, 5-6, 13)... 1 sinew twister (Pl. 4, IS).

4, 14, 15)... - SEA HUNTING harpoon head, closed socket. blade slit parallcl to line hole PI. 5, 9, 12).

.. - h::rpocn hc::ld, open socket, drilled lashing holes, multiple opposite barbs (PI. 5, S)... harpoon head, open socket, lashing grooves, no blade slit (PI. 5, 11) harpoon head fragments (PI.

71 Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska blunt arrowhead, end triangular in shape (Pl. 5, 7)... - bow fraji!ment (PI. 4, 7>... I bow brace (PI. 5, 5-6, 13)... 1 sinew twister (Pl. 4, IS) shaft straightener (PI. 4, S-9>.... bird spear side prong (PI. 4, 20)..... bird spear center prong (PI. 4, 20; Pl. 5, 16)... 1 ron;;w point, sle:.1lcsl:: (PI. 4,!G, 17) 1 arrow point, stemmed (PI. 4, 14, 15)... - SEA HUNTING harpoon head, closed socket. blade slit parallcl to line hole PI. 5, 9, 12)... - harpoon head, closed socket, blade slit at right angles to line hole - harpoon head, open socket, lashing slots, blade slit parallel to line hole (Pl. 5, 10)... - h::rpocn hc::ld, open socket, drilled lashing holes, multiple opposite barbs (PI. 5, S)... harpoon head, open socket, lashing grooves, no blade slit (PI. 5, 11) harpoon head fragments (PI. 5, 20, 22)... _ 1 toy harpcon he::ld, bl:.:nk for open socketed type (PI. 5, 19)... - toy harpoon head, closed socket, opposite barbs (Pl. 5, IS)... 1 toy harpoon head, closed socket, barbless (PI. 5, 17) harpoon foreshaft, blunted coneshaped tang (PI. 5, 14)... - h::lrpoon foreshaft, wedge-shaped tang (PI. 5, 15)... - h::rpoon socket piece, hollowed at proximal end (PI. 6, 3, 6) harpoon socket piece, wedge-shaped tang (PI. 6, I, 9)... harpoon socket piece, bifurcated tang (PI. 6, 13> harpoon socket piece fragments (PI. 6,2,4,5) dart socket piece (PI. 6, IS> finger rest (PI. 5, 21)... - bladder mouthpiece (PI. 5, 24),... - throwing board peg (Pl. 5, 23)... 1 H-l H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-6 H-7 H-S Not for Resale.' ::> 2 I 2 2 1

Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska harpoon dart head, assymetrically barbed, wedge - shaped tang, drilled line hole (PI. 6, 8).

6, 12)...-.. -... - harpoon dart head, symetrically bal bed, wedge - shaped tang, H-l H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-6 H-7 H-8 gouged line hole (PI. 6, 10)... - harpoon dart head, sloping shoulder, conical tang (PI.

.. - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION sled shoe fragments (PI. 7, 12)..... 7 trace buckle (PI. 7, 6)... - 1 TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES wedge (PI. 7, 3, 4)...... 13 2 8 adze head, antler, closed-socketed (PI.

72 Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska harpoon dart head, assymetrically barbed, wedge - shaped tang, drilled line hole (PI. 6, 8)... - harpoon dart head, assymetrically barbed, wedge - shaped tang, gouged line hole (PI. 6, 11l harpoon dart head, shoulderless wedge-shaped tang, unilaterally barbed, drilled line hole (PI. 6, 12) harpoon dart head, symetrically bal bed, wedge - shaped tang, H-l H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-6 H-7 H-8 gouged line hole (PI. 6, 10)... - harpoon dart head, sloping shoulder, conical tang (PI. 6, 16) salmon arrowhead (?) (PI. 6, 17)... - snow goggles (PI. 6, 19)... 1 lance blade r eceiver (PI. 6, 14, 15> lance blade (PI. 6, 7)... - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION sled shoe fragments (PI. 7, 12) trace buckle (PI. 7, 6) TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES wedge (PI. 7, 3, 4) adze head, antler, closed-socketed (PI. 7, 5, 7-8) adze handle (PI. 7, 11-12) adze blade, jade (PI. 7, 13> adze head, jade (PI. 7, 9-10) end bladed knife handle (PI. 8, 1, 5, 7) side bladed knife handle (PI. 8, 6) composite knife handle (PI. 8, 2-4, 11)... 2 man's knife blade, double edged (PI. 8, 12) man's knife blade, single edged (PI. 8, 8)...,... man's knife blade, fragments ulu blade, (PI. 8, 16-18; PI. 9, 2, 4-5, 9) ) 4 11 ulu blade fragments ulu handle (PI. 8, 14-15; PI. 9, 3> end scraper (Pl. 9, ), 6, 8) side scraper (PI. 8, 9-10, 13) scraper handle (PI. 9, 10) hand drill, chert (PI. 9, 7>" flaker point (PI. 9, 12, 13)... 1 willow bark tool (PI. 9, 18) Not for Resale 137

73 Ant h ropo logica l Papers of the University of Alaska H-l H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-6 H-7 H-8 beaver and porcupine (?) teeth (PI. 9, 11) beaver tooth tool handle (PI. 9, 16-17) whetstone (PI. 9, 15) pounding stone (PI. 10, 5) stone saw (PI. 9, 14) -_... 1 maul (PI. 10, 4)... -_... 3 pick (PI. 10, 2, 3) _._- 6 2 two-handed scraper (PI. 10, 7) bag handle (PI. 10, 6, PI. 11, 3-6; PI. 12, 20) _ stake pounder red ochre... 1 shovel, walrus scapula (PI. 11, 8)... - shovel, antler shovel, composite (PI. 11, 7L.. worked mammoth tooth (PI. 11, 2) ~ worked mammoth tusk (PI. 11, 1) - 1 SKIN WORKING AND TAILORING tel-tho (PI. 12, 15) awl or bodkin (PI. 12, 6-8) FOOD PREPARATION ladle of mountain sheep horn (PI. 10, 1)... - wooden bowl, one piece wooden bowl, composite wooden bowl, rim (?) spoon, oval bowl (PI. 12, I, 3) spoon, oval bowl, flat across end (Pl. 12, 2)... - drinking tube (PI. 12, 4)... Not for Resale PERSONAL ADORNMENT.~ labret (Pl. 12, 13-17) =omb (PI. 12, 21-22) pendant, drop shaped (PI. 12, 10,. 11) pendant, effigy (?) (PI. 12, 28) brow band (PI. 12, 27; Fig. 12> COMMUNAL ACTIVITY plate ar--r Ol (PI. 12, 18, 19) lancet (Pl. 12, 12)... 1 drum handle (PI. 12, 23) toy drum handle (PI. 12, 24)... gaming piece (PI. 12, 25, 26) '

74 Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska POTTERY H-1 H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-6 H-7 H-8 pottery paddle (Pl. 14, 1-2) lamp sherds, saucer shaped, (PI. 13, 5, 6) pot sherds (Fig. 13; PI. 13) MISC. AND UNIDENTIFIED reinforcement piece (PI. 14, 3-5) ferule (Pl. 14, 9)... - oblong object, notched edges, drilled hole in center (Pl. 14, 8) unidentified objects (Pl. 14, 6-7> whale bone fragments birch bark fragments Bibliography Beechey, F. W Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Becring's Strait, etc.. 2. Volumes. London. Birket-Smith, Kaj The Caribou Eskimos. Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition. Vol. 5, Pts. I, II. Copenha/!en Ethnographical Collections from the Northwest Passage. Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition, Vol. 6, No.2. Copenhagen The Chugach Eskimo. Nationalmuseets Skrifter. Ethnografisk Raekke, VI. Copenhagen. Birket-Smith, Kaj and Frederica delaguna The Eyak Indians of the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Copenhagen. Bogoras, Waldemar The Chukchee. American Museum of Natural History, MemOirs, Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol VII. New York. Childe, V. Gordon The Dawn of European Civilization. New York. Not for Resale Collins, Henry B., Jr Check-Stamped Pottery from Alaska. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 18, No.9, pp. 2;)4-~ 6. w,,~, n ~ Archeology of St. Lawrence Island. Alaska. Smithsonian Mlscellaneou! Collections, Vol. 96, No. 1. Washington Outline of Eskimo Prehistory. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol Washin2ton. Douglass, Andrew F Climatic Cycles and Tree-Growth. Carnegie Institution Publication, No Washington. Field, Henry and Eugene Prostov Results of Soviet Investi/!ations in Siberia American Anthropologist, n.s., Vol. 44, pp Menasha. Geist, Otto W. and Froelich G. Rainey Archaeological ExcavatIOns at Kukulik, St. La wrence Island, Alaska. Miscellaneous Publications of the Unlv~rsity of Alaska, V"l. 2. Wash ington. 139

75 Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska Giddings,.r. L... lr Dendrochronology in Northern Alaska. University of Alaska, Vol 4. University of Arizona Bulletin, Vol. 12,No.4. Tucson Da.cd ~ites on the Kobuk River, Alaska. Tree-Ring Bulletin, Vol. 9. No. 1. Tucson Datcd Eskimo Ruins of an Inland Zone, American Antiquity, Vol. X, No.2, pp Menasha Chronology of the Kobuk-Kotzebue Sites. Tree-Ring Bulletin, Vol. 14, No.4. Tucson Early Flint Horizons on the North Bering Sea Coast. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 39, pp The Arctic Woodland Culture of the Kobuk River. Museum Monographs, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Griffin, James B A Preliminary Statement on the Pottery from Cape Denbi!!h. t l~"ka. Asia and America: Transpacific Contacts. Memoirs of the Society lor American Archaeology, No.9. Salt Lake City. Healy, M. A Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Mal'ine Steamer "Corwin" in thc Arctic Ocean in the Year Washington. Holtved, Erik Archaeological Investigations in the Thule District. Meddelelser om Gronland, Vol. 141, Nos. 1 and 2, Copenhagen. Hough, Walter The Lamp of the Eskimo. United States National Museum, Report for Washington. Hrdlicka, Ales The Aleutian and Commander Islands and their Inhabitants. Philadelphia. Jenness, Diamond #' Prehistoric Culture Waves from Asia to America. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 30, No.1. Washington. Jochelson, Waldemar The Koryak. American Museum of Natural History, Memoirs, Jesup North Pacific Expedition. Vol. VI. New York Archaeological Investigations in the Aleutian Islands. Carnegie Institution Publication. No Washington. delaguna, Frederica "1934. The Archaeology of Cook Inlet, Alaska. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia The Prehistory of North America as Seen from the Yukon. Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology. No.3. Menasha. Larsen, Helge Archaeological Investigations in Southwestern Alaska. American Antiquity. Vol. XV, pp Salt Lake City De dansk-amerikanske Alaska-ekspeditioner Saertryk at Geografisk Tideskrift. 51. Bind. Copenhagen Archaeological Investigations in Alaska since Polar Rec rd. Vol. 6, No. 45. Cambridge. Larsen. Helge and Froelich Rainey Ipiutak and the Arctic Whale Hunting Culture. American Museum of Natural History. Anthropological Papers, Vol. 42. New York. Laughlin, William S. and G. H. Marsh A new View of the History of the Aleutians. Arctic, Vol. 4, No.2, pp Ottawa. Lecchman. Douglas A New Type of Adze Head. American Anthropologist, n.s., Vol. 45, pp Menasha. Not for Resale 140

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76 Archaeological Excavations at Kotzebue, Alaska Mason, J. Alden Excavations of Eskimo Thule Culture Sites at Point Barrow, Alaska. Proceedings of the 23rd International Concress of ADlericanists, pp New York. Mathiassen, Therkel Archaeology of the Central Eskimo. Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition, Vol. 4, Pts. I, II. Copenhagen Archaeological Collections from the Western Eskimos. Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition, Vol. 10, No.1. Copenhagpn. Murdoch, John Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition. Bure.. u oi American Ethnology, Annual Report, No. 9. Washington. Native Arts of the Pacific Northwest. Stantord University Press. l!i49. Nelson, Edward William The Eskimo about Bering Strait. Bureau of American Ethnology, Annual Report. No. 18, Pt. 1. Washin2:ton. Osgood, Cornelius B Contributions to the Ethnolo2:Y of the Kutchin. Yale University Publications in Anthropology. No. 14. New Haven Ingalik Matenal Culture. Yale University Pun:icatiolls in Anthropology, No. 22. New Haven. Oswalt, Wendell 1952a. The Archaeology of Hooper Bay Village, Alaska. Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, Vol. I, No. I, pp College. 1952b. Pottery from Hooper Bay Village, Alaska. American Antiquity, Vol. XVII, No. I, pp Salt Lake City. 1953a. The Saucer-Shaped Eskimo Lamp. Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, Vol. I, No. 2, pp College. 1953b. Recent Pottery from the Bering Strait Region. Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, Vol. 2, No. I, pp College. Rainey, Froelich G Archaeology in Central Alaska. American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers, Vol. :J6, Pt. 4. New YorK Eskimo Prehistory: The Okvik Site on the Punuk Islands. American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers, Vol. 37, Pt. 4. New York The Whale Hunters of Ti2:ara. American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers, Vol. 41, Pt. 2. New York. VanStone, James W Coastal Manifestations of the Arctic Woodland Culture. Proceedings of the Second Alaska Science Conference, pp Juneau Notes on Kotzebue Dating. Tree-Ring Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 1. Tucson Pottery from Nunivak Island, Alaska. Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, Vol. 2, No.2, pp College. Weyer, Edward M., Jr Archaeological Material from the Village Site a t Hot Springs. Port Moller, Alaska. American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers, Vol. 31, Pt. 4. New York The Eskimos. New Haven Wissler, Clark Harpoons and Darts in the Stefanson Collection. American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers, VOl. 1'i,.t't. ~, New YorK. Zolotarev, A The Ancient Culture of North Asia. American Anthropologist, n.s., Vol. 40, pp Menasha. Department of Anthropology University of Alaska College, Alaska Not for Resale 141

77 Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska Description 1. Net sinker 2. Net sinker 3. Net sinker 4. Net sinker 5. Net sinker 6. Net sinker 7. Fishing ice pick PLATE 1 FISHING PLATE 2 House No. KH-5 KH-l KH-5 KH-8 FISHING Description House No. 1. Leister prong KH-8 2. Leister prong KH-5 3. Fish arrow prong KH-4 4. Shee lure-hook shank KH-7 5. Shce lure-hook shank KH-3 6. Blank for pickel'el or shee lure-hook shank KH-8 7. Center prong KH-3 8. Center prong KH-7 9. PickHel lure-hook shank KH Pickerel lure-hook shank KH-7 1l. Fish arrow prong KH Fish arrow prong 13. Center prong KH Line sinker KH Line sinker 16. Gorge 17. Barb KH-I 18. Barb KH-3 19, Grayling lure-hook shank (?) KH-6 20, Ice scoop rim KH-8 Not for Resale ~. Ref. Page Ref. Page

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82 Anthropological, Papers of the University of Alaska Description 1. Sled shoe section 2. Sled shoe section 3. Wedge 4. Wedge fi. Adze head 6. Trace buckle 7. Adze head S. Adze head 9. Adze head of Jade 10. Adze head of Jade 11. Adze handle 12. Adze handle 13. Adze blade Description 1. End bladed knife handle 2. Composite knife handle 3. Composite knife handle 4. Composite knife handle 5. End bladed knife handle 6. Side bladed knife handle 7. End bladed knife handle S. Man's knife blade 9. Side scraper 10. Side scraper 11. Composite knife handle 12. Man's knife blade 13. Side scraper 14. Ulu handle 15. Ulu handle 16. Ulu blade 17. Ulu blade 18. Ulu blade PLATE 7 TRANSPORTATION, TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES PLATE S House No. KH-3 KH-7 KH-5 KH-3 KH-S KH-5 KH-S KH-3 KH-5 TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES House No. KH-6 KH-8 KH-1 KH-5 KH-7 KH-4 KH-8 KH-8 KH-8 KH-8 KH-8 Not for Resale Ref. Page Ref. Pace

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84 Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska l Description End scraper Ulu blade Ulu handle Ulu blade Ulu blade End scraper Hand drill End scraper Ulu blade Scraper handle (?) Beaver tooth Flaker point Flaker point Stone saw Whetstone Beaver tooth tool handle Beaver tooth tool handle Willow bark tool PLATE!) TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES PLATE 10 House No. KH-5 KH-7 KH-8 KH-8 KH-8 KH-4 KH-8 KH-5 KH-4 KH-7 KH-5 KH-1 KH-8 KH-8 KH-5 KH-3 KH-7 TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES FOOD PREPARATION Description House No. 1. Ladle 2. Root pick KH-5 3. Root pick 4. Maul KH-8 5. Pounding stone KH-7 6. Bag handle 7. Two-hnnded scraper KH-1 Not for Resale ',- I Ref., Page 107, 107, ,'107 : Ref. Page

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86 Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska PLATE 11 TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES Description House No. 1. Worked mammoth tusk KH-3 2. Worked mammoth tooth KH-8 3. Bag handle KH-l 4. Bag handle KH-5 5. Bag handle KH-5 6. Bag handle 7. Shovel blade 8. Shovel blade Description 1. Spoon 2. Spoon il. SDoon 4. D-rinking tube (?) 5. Tci-tho 6. Awl or bodkin 7. Awl or bodkin 8. Awl or bodkin 9. Pendant 10. Pendant II. Pendant 12. Lancet 13. Labret 14. Labret 15. Labret 16. Labret 17. Labret 18. Plate armor 19. Plate armor 20. Bag handle 21. Comb 22. Comb 23. Drum handle 24. Toy drum handle 25. Gaming piece 26. Gaming piece 27. Brow band 28. Pendant PLATE 12 TOOLS AND MANUFACTURES SKIN WORKING AND TAILORING, FOOD PR:EPARATION, COMMUNAL ACTIVITY., 152 House No. KH-8 KH-7 KH-5 KH-I KH-4 KH-4 KH-4 KH-8. KH-7 KH-7 KH-I KH-8 KH-8 KH-8 KH-I KH-I KH-I KH-3 Not for Resale Ref. Page 103, Oil illj Ref. Page U6 Jl

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