. Bulletin. Ethnology. MEGGERS AND EVANS] ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 175. Figure 49.—Plan of J-7—Sipo, a habitation site of the Ananatuba Phase. The existing height of 75 cm. represents the accumulation of refuse during occupation. Finely broken sherds were heavily concentrated on the northwest rise and scattered over the rest of the surface. The forest growth, which extends along both banks of the igarape, covers the site, but is sparser there than in the surrounding area. The largest tree was some 60 cm. in diameter, and the undergrowth in- cluded spine bushes and cane (pi. 30, a). An imp
. Bulletin. Ethnology. MEGGERS AND EVANS] ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 175. Figure 49.—Plan of J-7—Sipo, a habitation site of the Ananatuba Phase. The existing height of 75 cm. represents the accumulation of refuse during occupation. Finely broken sherds were heavily concentrated on the northwest rise and scattered over the rest of the surface. The forest growth, which extends along both banks of the igarape, covers the site, but is sparser there than in the surrounding area. The largest tree was some 60 cm. in diameter, and the undergrowth in- cluded spine bushes and cane (pi. 30, a). An impression left by an excavation made 18 years prior to our visit was still distinct. The edge of the campo lay about 15 meters away, on the opposite side of the igarape. Two stratigraphic tests were made: cut 1 in the center of the south- eastern end and cut 2 near the center of the northwestern rise. Both were 2 by 2 meters square and carried down by 15-cm. levels into sterile soil. Cut 1 produced black loamy soil in the first two levels, becoming gray brown at 30 cm, and light gray below 45 cm. Sterile, water-deposited sand was encountered at 52 cm. and continued to 80 cm., the greatest depth tested. Hard conglomerate lumps of clay, often cemented to each other or to the sherds, appeared in the north- east corner of the cut below 30 cm. and continued to the bottom. The following cultural remains were recovered: Level .00-. 15 m.: 1,198 sherds, 8 clay lumps (6 burnt red). Level . m.: 1,016 sherds, 22 clay lumps (2 burnt; the remainder conglomerate of charcoal, bone, and clay).. 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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