. Bulletin. Ethnology. Drucker] LA VENTA, TABASCO 11 only ones inspected. Most of the surface of the island was searched during the course of the investigations. The test trenches were all laid out 3 m. long by m. wide, and dug down well into the sterile subsoil. The cultural material coming from them, save for figurines, was not saved. A rough count however was made of the sherds recovered, which was used in calculating the sherds-per-meter yield, and observations were made as to the presence and quantity of stone objects, such as metate and mano fragments, and the like, as well as on the
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Drucker] LA VENTA, TABASCO 11 only ones inspected. Most of the surface of the island was searched during the course of the investigations. The test trenches were all laid out 3 m. long by m. wide, and dug down well into the sterile subsoil. The cultural material coming from them, save for figurines, was not saved. A rough count however was made of the sherds recovered, which was used in calculating the sherds-per-meter yield, and observations were made as to the presence and quantity of stone objects, such as metate and mano fragments, and the like, as well as on the soil type of the deposit, and occurrence of quantities of charcoal and ash. Do /fANCH^RI^. Figure 2.—Sketch map, locality of test pits 1-6. Sherd area 1 (S-1) in fig. 1. Tests T-1 to T-6 were laid out to explore the locality of small mounds to the west of the Central Group. Stirling had made a small collection of sherds from a creek bed in this locality on his initial visit, and the abundance of washed-out material suggested this might be a likely place. T-1 was located at the edge of the higher ground on which the modern rancheria is situated (fig. 2). T-2, T-3, and T-4 were intended to test the banks of the stream in which such quantities of sherds could be seen, and T-5 and T-6 were staked out 110 and 220 m. east-southeast of T-3 among the small mounds. The following tabulation summarizes the results of the tests in this locality:. 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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