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Consists of two house ruins, lying a little away from the others, about 2 kilometres south of the river mouth, together with a number of other remains of habitation. These two houses are both rather small and, from their appearance and situation, seem to be among the latest at Kuk.

House ruin XXII. Fairly well preserved, only the roof fallen in. Fig. 82 shows its ground plan, with the two platforms. The construction was the same as of House III; whale bones were not used in the construction of the walls; lime-stone slabs were placed on edge Image missingFig. 82.House Ruin XXII; Kuk. and other slabs laid above them; the same principle was employed for the platforms; the floors were paved; in the house were several pillars to support the roof, and outside were two store rooms.

On excavation there were only found the handsome flint flaker Fig. 83, which has the appearance of being fairly new, a piece of ivory with holes, a piece of flint and 60 animal bones; all were found on the surface; the house seemed only to have been inhabited a very short time.

House ruin XXIII. Lies immediately to the NW. of the above, which it resembles completely in its construction; it has only one platform, however. Was not excavated.

The Chronological and Cultural Position of the Kuk Find.

Thus we have a fairly considerable collection of specimens in the Kuk find, taken from a number of house ruins which, from their appearance and situation, must be of very different ages. We must now consider the finds from the various ruins separately, compare them with what otherwise may be deduced from the appearance and situation of the various ruins and in this manner try to classify them chronologically. Only when this has been done can we form an idea of the culture development which has proceeded in the northern Southampton Island.

As a starting point, take the finds from the two ruins in the upper group which, from their appearance, must be regarded as being the oldest: VI and IX; they were both completely collapsed and levelled almost to obliteration. It will then be seen that the finds from these two ruins contain nothing at all that is not known from the Naujan find. The types of implements from house VI, the bola ball, the side

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