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THE ARCTIC CIRCULARtVOL. VllI NO.4 Published by The Arctic Circle 1955Ottawa, OntarioSixty-third ~eetinsThe sixty-third meeting of the Arctic Ci.!'cle was held in theP,L.D.G. ~ess, 60 OueenStreet, on TL:esda.y, December 13. ThePre.ident, ~r. A.D. ~cLean, was in the Chair and introduced the.pealter, Dr. R.S. ~acNeish. Dr. ~cNeish gave an illustratedlecture on "New light on arctic prehistory".Archaeological excavation on the Yukon arct'.r.: coa.s~ m.1955. ByRichard S, ~cNeishIDuring the summer of 1955 an archaeologica.l field partyof the National ~useum of Canada, under my direction, excavated..t a site on the east bank of the Firth River a.bout twent-i milesfrom the Arctic Ocean. The other members of the party were mywife, an Iraqi archaeologist, Jajil Jawud of Baghdad, and ElijahAllen, Hugh Rogers, and the Stefanssons from A..'davik.The archaeological site was situated on a small plateau D.ndcovered an area of 1, ZOO feet by 600 feet. The stra.tigra.phy on theplateau was extremely complicated. Eskimo rem;;.ins of threedifferent complexes appeared in the h'~muB, a!'.d