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them at Naujan, but which are very different to the others and are therefore not dealt with here. There are also 2 harpoon heads for whaling and 6 toy harpoon heads. Apart from the last two groups the harpoon heads of the Naujan find are of the following types:[1]

1. Very thin; the line hole direct from side to side; one dorsal spur, rather aslant; open shaft socket; no barbs or separately inserted blade (Thule Type 1). 3 specimens. Pl. 1.1 shows one of these (P1. 1516. A5)[2] of antler; the lashing which has lain round the shaft socket, has had a sunk bed. A broken piece from A2 is of an exactly similar harpoon head. The third, from IV, has the spur broken off, length 8.1 cm; in this case the lashing has gone through two pairs of holes; a groove on one side leads from the line hole to the point; antler.

2. As above, but with two powerful, opposite barbs (Thule Type 2). This is the type occurring most frequently and is represented by 25 heads and 6 unfinished heads. In the complete specimens the length varies from 8.2 to 14.2 cm. Table 1.2–5 shows examples of variations of this group. The commonest form is 2 (P1. 208. VIII); it is of antler; the lashing has gone through two slots which converge rapidly towards the side opposite to the shaft socket; as with most harpoon heads of antler, the surface which consists of the outer crust of the antler is convex, whilst the other, which consists of the spongy tissue, is more flat. The shaft socket is on the flat side. In front of the line hole is an ornamental Y-line. 3 (P1. 616. IV) differs by its length and in the fact that the shaft socket is on the convex side. 4 (P1. 1486. IV) is of ivory, has longer and more slender barbs and the Y-line extended into a little hatched field. On 5 (P1. 2635. II) the ornamental line is widened and reinforced by others to the points of the barbs; on this the lashing has gone through two pairs of holes and beds formed by the boring of rows of holes; antler. Of the heads not illustrated 10 are of antler, 11 of ivory. Three of them have Y-lines, 3 have hatched fields in front of the line holes. This harpoon type was found in the house ruins II, IV, VIII, IX and X, and in A2-8-6-7.

  1. ↑ By a flat harpoon head is understood that its greatest breadth is in plane with the line hole; by a thin or compressed harpoon head its greatest breadth is a right angles to the plane of the line hole. Further orientation of harpoon heads follows same system as Birket-Smith 1924 p. 286.
  2. ↑ The first two figures indicate the museum number of the object, all specimens from the Naujan settlement being marked P1. The last figure indicates where found: "A" means the refuse heap, and the figure indicates the stratum of 10 cm., reckoning from the top, in which the object was found; the house ruins are indicated by Roman figures.
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