. Bulletin. Ethnology. 28 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BulL 177. Figure S.—Sketch map of N-8: Alaka Creek, a shell midden site of the Alaka Phase. of miscellaneous rocks, 1 plain slierd, and quantities of shell, bone, and carapaces of Crustacea. Cut 1, a 2- by 1-meter stratigraphic excavation controlled in 25 centimeter levels, was dug in the smnmit of Mound 2. Sterile soil encountered at meters, indicated that the mound was built on a small, natural rise of the same sandy, decomposed granite as the natural soil of the surrounding area. The contents of Cut 1 by levels are: Level .
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 28 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BulL 177. Figure S.—Sketch map of N-8: Alaka Creek, a shell midden site of the Alaka Phase. of miscellaneous rocks, 1 plain slierd, and quantities of shell, bone, and carapaces of Crustacea. Cut 1, a 2- by 1-meter stratigraphic excavation controlled in 25 centimeter levels, was dug in the smnmit of Mound 2. Sterile soil encountered at meters, indicated that the mound was built on a small, natural rise of the same sandy, decomposed granite as the natural soil of the surrounding area. The contents of Cut 1 by levels are: Level . m__ Loose black loam; scattered fish bones, stone chips, small striped snail shells, a few mussels and clams. Dis- turbed by cultivation. Shell not common until after a depth of 16 cm., but fish bones rather abundant. A small drilled shark's tooth found from 16-24 cm. (fig. 7, e). Seven sherds came from the surface and 1 small sherd was found at a depth of 8-16 cm. Natural quartz spalls and limonite and hematite concretions very abundant. Level . m Fish bones and stone chips less abundant from 25-32 cm. than in previous level, but pulverized mussel shells in- crease in frequency; all intermixed vpith considerable dirt. From 30-32 cm. there is a stratum of cemented shells, crab carapaces and claws, and fish bones in the southwest and northeast corners of the cut. Otherwise, the composition is a rather even intermixture of shell, fine ash, iron concretions, fire-burnt gneiss fragments, and gray-brovm soil. From 40-50 cm. in the south half of the cut, there was an unusually large concentration of crab claws 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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