. Breviora. 971 CERION FROM INDIAN SHELL-HEAPS 2. Kintjiin — Near south coast, east ^ Willemstad. The area, a hillslope, is being cleared for construction and shells are loose at the surface; their presence in a small area indicates original concentration in a coherent deposit. Flint chips and crude stone tools are, as at Rooi Rincon, common at this site. 3. Tafelberg — Near south coast, just east of the Tafelberg Santa Barbara. Only a few shells could be collected from the recently blasted rubble of these phosphate workings. Mr. Harry Evers, engineer at the Tafelberg phosphate workings, infor
. Breviora. 971 CERION FROM INDIAN SHELL-HEAPS 2. Kintjiin — Near south coast, east ^ Willemstad. The area, a hillslope, is being cleared for construction and shells are loose at the surface; their presence in a small area indicates original concentration in a coherent deposit. Flint chips and crude stone tools are, as at Rooi Rincon, common at this site. 3. Tafelberg — Near south coast, just east of the Tafelberg Santa Barbara. Only a few shells could be collected from the recently blasted rubble of these phosphate workings. Mr. Harry Evers, engineer at the Tafelberg phosphate workings, informs me that, prior to the blasting, the shell heap was a coherent deposit with two layers, marine shells at the base and decapitated Cerion at the top. I found no artifacts at this much disturbed site. Dr. P. Wagenaar Hummelinck, pre-eminent natural historian of these islands, has told me (personal communication, 1970) of one additional Cerion locality at Hato Cave; I have not seen this site. He also states that he knows of no other Cerion site on any of the three islands. For comparison, I add to the Cerion sites of Curacao one later, Neo-Indian deposit from Aruba:. t:.t V- ^pt>^^ Figure 1. Artifacts from Ceru Canashito, Aruba. la) left: rock drawing, presumably depicting a pregnant woman, lb) right: shell disc made from Melongena melongena. Actual height: 43 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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