TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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History ofthe Museum expedition to Samand, 1928 1 



Exploration of the caves 1 



Railroad cave 5 



Ciguayan Indians 6 



San Gabriel cave 7 



Burials 9 



Excavations at Anadel 10 



Work at the San Juan site 11 



Archeological investigations prior to 1928 13 



Geography of Samand 14 



Early travel and trade routes 14^ 



Lesser Antilles 15 



Topography of Samand 16- 



Samand Bay and delta of Yuna River 17 



Rainfall 19 



Native Provinces 19 



Nonagricultural cave dwellers 24 



Historical notes on the ethnology of the Ciguayan Indians of Samand 27 



Source material for study of ethnology of Samand 32 



Material culture of the Indians of Samand 33 



Culture diffusion in the West Indies 35 



Weapons 38 



Habitations 39 



Relative importance of hunting and fishing 41 



Fishing and water transport 44 



Objects of shell and bone 46 



Shell gouges and celts 48 



Ornamental uses of shell 49 



Swallowing stick of bone 50 



Picks of conch shell 50 



Amulets and zemis 51 



Clothing and weaving 55 



Basketry 57 



Objects of wood 57 



Objects of stone and metal 58 



Uses of gold and of metal alloys 60 



Ground and polished stone celts 62 



Hammerstones 64 



Notched and grooved stone implements 65 



Perforators and drills 67 



Knives and scrapers 67 



Polishing stones 68 



Pestles 69 



Uses of coral 70 



Stone beads 71 



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