. Bulletin. Ethnology. 462 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 167 0 5 10 M N •250 M TO -C-7 ABANDONED'CABOCLO : .:'y HOUSE; .. Figure 168.—Plan of C-8—Pacajd, a habitation site of the Arua Phase. 75 meters along the igarape on the edge of natural rise of about 1 meter, which marks the limit of the flood plain. The sherds are hidden by humus and a covering of small trees, and discovery of the site was said to have been made some years before when pineapple bushes were planted. The soil was light tan clay and very hard at the end of the dry season. At this time of the year, the Igarape Apani is


. Bulletin. Ethnology. 462 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 167 0 5 10 M N •250 M TO -C-7 ABANDONED'CABOCLO : .:'y HOUSE; .. Figure 168.—Plan of C-8—Pacajd, a habitation site of the Arua Phase. 75 meters along the igarape on the edge of natural rise of about 1 meter, which marks the limit of the flood plain. The sherds are hidden by humus and a covering of small trees, and discovery of the site was said to have been made some years before when pineapple bushes were planted. The soil was light tan clay and very hard at the end of the dry season. At this time of the year, the Igarape Apani is completely drained at low tide, although at high tide it contains about meters of water. According to the residents, no jars or portions thereof had ever been found at C-10, and testing confirmed this. Sherds were sparsely distributed over the site at a depth of 5 cm. A surface collection was made in places where the pottery had been uncovered by cattle and by a path along the river side. This was enlarged by cutting a section 6 meters long by 50 cm. wide in from the path. Occasional streaks of burned clay were noted at the same level that produced the sherds. The collection includes 315 sherds of Piratuba Plain, 1 small sandstone chip ( by cm.), and 1 stone ax. Stone ax {fig. 169, a).—This specimen was acquired from the son of the owner of the site, who claimed to have found it during the pineapple planting. Since it. 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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