[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] squared. The installation of the new privy was deferred until the construction site could be thoroughly salvaged during the 1992 field season. The archaeological resources occur in a virtually homogeneous sand matrix. Consequently, the depositional sequence has been affected by such disruptive processes as filtration, percolation, compression, and dispersal, making the identification of stratigraphic chronological indicators difficult. Even so, the results of our excavation do indicate that the Mulcaster Island East Site has witnessed three 9 The Bulletin Figure l. Location of Mulcaster Island within St. Lawrence Islands National Park. Because we were initially uncomfortable with