. Bulletin. Ethnology. ^VAsar ^^^ ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 461. Figure 167.—Arua Phase pottery animal feet, a, b, C-6—Croatasal. C-6—Croatasal, section A; was collected, of which 14 had applique decoration. Objects of nonceramic material include: Red ochre.—A small, irregular lump showing no evidence of use. Polishing stone.—A small piece of diorite with two small facets produced by rubbing. Glass bead.—The post-European position of this site was established by the finding of a tiny, blue, glass "seed" bead comparable to those still used today by the Indians. It has a diameter o


. Bulletin. Ethnology. ^VAsar ^^^ ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 461. Figure 167.—Arua Phase pottery animal feet, a, b, C-6—Croatasal. C-6—Croatasal, section A; was collected, of which 14 had applique decoration. Objects of nonceramic material include: Red ochre.—A small, irregular lump showing no evidence of use. Polishing stone.—A small piece of diorite with two small facets produced by rubbing. Glass bead.—The post-European position of this site was established by the finding of a tiny, blue, glass "seed" bead comparable to those still used today by the Indians. It has a diameter of 2 mm., a thickness of 1 mm., and is perfo- rated by a hole too small to allow the passage of a fine needle. Although we encountered no other trade objects, the caboclos asserted that this site had been a popular hunting ground a few decades ago, and that a great many beads as well as some silver spoons had been removed. c-8—pacajX This habitation site is directly east of C-7, on the bank of the Igarape Pacaja (fig. 168), and covers an oval area 20 meters long by 8 meters wide. The soil was light-gray loam, filled with roots for the first 10 cm., followed by sherds between 10 and 20 cm. below the sur- face. Below 20 cm., it became light tan and sterile. At the time of our visit, the area was an abandoned clearing beginning to revert to forest, having been used recently by a caboclo as a dwelling site. The whole area was tested to determine the limits of the Indian site, and larger test pits were dug in three places toward the north, south, and east edges, producing 646 sherds of Piratuba Plain, one of which is decorated with applique. C-IO SAO BENTO On the west bank of the Igarape Apanf, 100 meters southeast of the fazenda house of Sao Bento and about 4 km. downstream from C-9, is a relatively large Arua habitation site (fig. 151). It extends. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabilit


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