. Timehri. f ^*^ ^ * ^wii I J 13 13. Pottery from Kumaka (Aruka) Hill14 & 15. Heads from Ditto 16. Inscribed Tablets (?) from ditto. 17. Stunk. Implements from Ditto. A REMARKABLE MOUND DISCOVERED INBRITISH GUIANA. A. Hyatt Verrill. Although stone implements and fragments of pottery have beenfound throughout a large portion of British Guiana, and numerous exten-sive shell heaps or kitchen middens exist near the coast, yet hitherto, noproofs of large prehistoric settlements or of a numerous population havebeen discovered. During the month of June, 1917, I discovered some most remark-able remain
. Timehri. f ^*^ ^ * ^wii I J 13 13. Pottery from Kumaka (Aruka) Hill14 & 15. Heads from Ditto 16. Inscribed Tablets (?) from ditto. 17. Stunk. Implements from Ditto. A REMARKABLE MOUND DISCOVERED INBRITISH GUIANA. A. Hyatt Verrill. Although stone implements and fragments of pottery have beenfound throughout a large portion of British Guiana, and numerous exten-sive shell heaps or kitchen middens exist near the coast, yet hitherto, noproofs of large prehistoric settlements or of a numerous population havebeen discovered. During the month of June, 1917, I discovered some most remark-able remains of Aboriginal inhabitants which appear to indicate a vastpopulation where no Indians exist to-day and which, as I shall endeavourto explain, probably antedate all other known remains in north-easternSouth America. Indians are found to-day throughout a very large portion of BritishGuiana, and along nearly all the rivers, but a most curious fact is thatcertain rivers, such as the Abary and upper Corenty
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