. Bulletin. Ethnology. 200 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULIi. 167 SITE J-16âCANIVETE J-16 is in almost the exact center of the Island of Marajo, about 250 meters from the north bank of the Igarape Nerd, a small tributary of the upper Rio Anajas (fig. 47). This part of the island is almost equally divided between forest and campo, the forest tending to cover the areas where a slight elevation prevents inundation during the rainy season. Since the site was visited during the height of the rainy season, in the month of May, the reason for its location could readUy be perceived. Running in a nor
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 200 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULIi. 167 SITE J-16âCANIVETE J-16 is in almost the exact center of the Island of Marajo, about 250 meters from the north bank of the Igarape Nerd, a small tributary of the upper Rio Anajas (fig. 47). This part of the island is almost equally divided between forest and campo, the forest tending to cover the areas where a slight elevation prevents inundation during the rainy season. Since the site was visited during the height of the rainy season, in the month of May, the reason for its location could readUy be perceived. Running in a north-south direction, away from the igarape, are two long stretches in which the land is to meter higher than the maximum water level (fig. 62). Between and surrounding these rises the land was either soft and mucky or flooded. On each of the rises, on the part closer to the igarape (i. e., the southern part), there is an area with sherd refuse. The first is about 70 meters in diameter, and the second is 70 meters long and 15 meters wide. The former site, at the edge of the campo, produced sherds to a depth of 20 to 25 cm., while in the latter the refuse layer was only 5 cm. thick. The campo at this time of the year was covered by a few centi- meters to several meters of water, giving the appearance of a marshy lake. 0 10 E9 50 H â ->â -:r â¢â â 'â â â 1 . â â â â *l«0 - noOOEO OURINO KAINT SEASON. APPROXIMATE LIMIT OF U^tlNUNDATEO LAND AREA OF' MAJOR EXCAVATION LIMIT OF F0RE3T Figure 62.âPlan of J-16âCanivete, a habitation site of the Mangueiras 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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