. Bulletin. Ethnology. Evans and Meggers] ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH GUIANA 289 meters at an elevation 30 cm. above the lowest level, where the floor rises to form a bench or shelf along the left half. Height on the right side, where the floor is lowest and the ceiling is highest, is meters. A complete vessel of Kupununi Plain Form 3 a was upright on the shelf, its base surrounded by slabs of granite to keep it from falling over (fig. 116). Its top was not flush with the ceiling and no CRANITE OUTCROP. Figure 116.—Profile sketch showing the position of the burial urn at the Rupununi Phase
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Evans and Meggers] ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH GUIANA 289 meters at an elevation 30 cm. above the lowest level, where the floor rises to form a bench or shelf along the left half. Height on the right side, where the floor is lowest and the ceiling is highest, is meters. A complete vessel of Kupununi Plain Form 3 a was upright on the shelf, its base surrounded by slabs of granite to keep it from falling over (fig. 116). Its top was not flush with the ceiling and no CRANITE OUTCROP. Figure 116.—Profile sketch showing the position of the burial urn at the Rupununi Phase cemetery site of R-18: Lower Karakara Cemetery. sherds in the vicinity suggested the former existence of a lid. Human bones inside included the shafts of long bones and a few fragments of the skull, but the teeth, jaw, and diagnostic parts of the pelvis were missing. The sutures showed no closure and all the bones were grac- ile, suggesting the individual may have been a young female. The remoteness of the spot and the difficulties of transportation necessi- tated leaving this vessel in situ. It is a typical representative of Kupununi Plain, the neck better smoothed and more symmetrical than the body, which was irregular and showed faint indications of coils 3 cm. thick. Kim and shoulder diameters are 46 to 47 cm.; height 38 cm.; neck height 10 cm. Along the front of the outcrop was a pile of rubble and small boulders. The large sloping rock that forms the roof of the cave overhangs so that the ground is sheltered for about a meter out from the base. In this region a second vessel was found, broken and scat-. 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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