. Bulletin. Ethnology. Evans and Meggers] ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH GUIANA 15. Figure 2.—Map of British Guiana showing principal geographical features. route for aboriginal contact or migration, that prompted the choice of British Guiana for archeological investigation. In very general terms, the colony can be divided into three geograph- ical zones (fig. 2). The narrowest is the tidal swamp along the coast, a band of some 50 miles in width. This is dominated by mangrove vegetation and dissected by countless small creeks, most of which are emptied during low tide. Travel overland is laborious beca
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Evans and Meggers] ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH GUIANA 15. Figure 2.—Map of British Guiana showing principal geographical features. route for aboriginal contact or migration, that prompted the choice of British Guiana for archeological investigation. In very general terms, the colony can be divided into three geograph- ical zones (fig. 2). The narrowest is the tidal swamp along the coast, a band of some 50 miles in width. This is dominated by mangrove vegetation and dissected by countless small creeks, most of which are emptied during low tide. Travel overland is laborious because of the combination of densely intertwined branches and above-surface roots with fine-grained muck that offers no resistance to weight. Oc- casional elevations ranging from small rises to high hills occur in this. 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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