. Bulletin. Ethnology. forest ^oung spruce / ouses ^ / 100 yards. reef lJ.^ ^ ^/ Figures indicate test pits l^ Figure 4.—Site of Neltushkin, Whitewater Bay. We dug two test pits in the old garden plots near the western end of the site. In the first, the top 18 to 20 inches consisted of humus, gravel, fire-cracked rocks, etc. Below this was a layer of crushed shells, 6 to 10 inches thick, which rested on a hearthy deposit, the total depth of the midden being 34 inches. The second hole revealed 75 inches of alternating layers of shelly midden and thin lenses of beach sand. The upper 30 inches he
. Bulletin. Ethnology. forest ^oung spruce / ouses ^ / 100 yards. reef lJ.^ ^ ^/ Figures indicate test pits l^ Figure 4.—Site of Neltushkin, Whitewater Bay. We dug two test pits in the old garden plots near the western end of the site. In the first, the top 18 to 20 inches consisted of humus, gravel, fire-cracked rocks, etc. Below this was a layer of crushed shells, 6 to 10 inches thick, which rested on a hearthy deposit, the total depth of the midden being 34 inches. The second hole revealed 75 inches of alternating layers of shelly midden and thin lenses of beach sand. The upper 30 inches here seemed to correspond to the top 10 inches in the first pit. Interruptions of the strata indicated that a hole had once been dug from the 26- to the 48-inch level, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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