The potlatch, in which families demonstrated and confirmed their social status through hospitality and gift-giving, took place in winter.

The ceremonial practices associated with whaling and other important cultural activities were conducted in winter.

The longhouses were the center of community life in ways that were less true in the active outdoor seasons.

The full-year round of activity documented in ethnographic sources is consistent with the material evidence from Ozette.

The range of objects recovered, from whaling gear to food processing equipment to ceremonial objects to domestic items, represents the full spectrum of activities that the ethnographic record describes.

The excavation recovered evidence of a complete community, not a specialized activity site.