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was seen on the eastern platform, but gravel was soon reached. Most of the interior of the house had a regular floor covering of flat stones. The soil under and between these was for the most part filled with blubber; the floor between the central support and the eastern platform was the most regular. The doorway faced south. A large number bones, refuse and implements lay scattered about the house; good specimens were especially found in the blubber-sodden soil between the floor stones.
In this house ruin were found:
Harpoon heads: one of Thule type 1; 2 of Thule type 2, besides one unfinished and a toy harpoon head (Pl. 1.3–4 and 2.5); 2 of Thule type 3 (Pl. 1.8–9); one of type 5 (Pl. 2.3); 2 broken foreshaft ends for harpoons; 3 ice picks; a finger rest for a harpoon (Pl. 5.3); a stopper for harpoon line (Pl. 5.6) tension-piece for the harpoon-line (Pl. 5.6); 8 lance heads (Pl. 6.5–6); a large bone blade for a lance (Pl. 7.17) and a smaller bone blade; 13 slate blades and pieces of same for harpoons and lances (Pl. 7.5–6); an unfinished jade blade; a piece of a wooden shaft; 2 pieces of a wooden handle and ferrule of a snow probe (Pl. 16.1 and 3); sinew twister for a bow (Pl. 8.8); 8 arrow heads (Pl. 10.7), some of which with conical shaft-tang with two knobs; bird-harpoon head and a foreshaft of one (Pl. 10.9 and 12); 4 side prongs for salmon spears (Pl. 12.1 and 3); 2 barbs for salmon spears (Pl. 12.16); trout needle (Pl. 12.6); 2 bone sledge shoes; wooden toggle for sledge draught-line; 3 trace buckles; 2 broad snow-knife blades; piece of snow-shovel edging: 5 knife handles (P. 17.2 and 7, Pl. 18, 1 and 6); 6 knife blades, of which 2 of flint (Pl. 19.1), the others broken pieces) of slate; bone knife for squeezing out water (Pl. 13.16); adze-blade of jade (Pl. 20.14); mattock of whale rib; 7 bone wedges (Pl. 16.7); 8 whetting stones; slate drill-point (Pl. 22.21); 2 drill-shanks (Pl. 22.19); 3 ulo handles (Pl. 24.1 and 8); ulo blade (Pl. 19.16) and 2 pieces; 6 scrapers of caribou shoulder-blade (Pl. 25.1); scraper handle of bone; 2 scrapers of caribou leg bones (Pl. 25.4); scraper of slate (Pl. 25.6); 2 scraper blades (Pl. 25.8); blubber pounder of antler (Pl. 28.6); 30 pieces of soapstone vessels, mostly cooking pots (Pl. 26.18); 2 oval bowl-bottoms of whalebone (Pl. 28.1); comb (Pl. 29.1); tooth pendant; 3 ornamental pendants of ivory (Pl. 30.8); figures of birds; a knife of baleen (Pl. 35.11); 3 pieces of flint blades, 2 of jade blades; 23 pieces of bone implements of uncertain purpose; 10 indeterminable wooden objects (Pl. 34.23) 6 pieces of baleen with knots etc.; 24 unfinished objects, worked bone, etc.; 5 pieces of flint refuse; piece of asbestos; piece of rock crystal; several pieces of mica; pieces of seal and reindeer skin; bird wings; animal bones were not counted; thread of whale sinew.
V. Greatly disturbed by Eskimo digging; only stones and turf have been used in building the walls; the ground plan will be seen on Fig. 8; there seems to have been two platforms, one to the right and one to the left of the doorway; only a few of the floor-stones preserved; the soil under them full of blubber; just on the left of the doorway the wall projects a little, where the soil is full of blubber