EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



Plate 1 



Map of Santo Domingo. Provinces and topographic regions are shown 



Plate 2 

 Map of Samana Province 



The bay and peninsula of like name are indicated, as are also the several 

 archeological sites mentioned in the text. On the north shore of the peninsula, 

 at Puerto Escondido, was the former Ciguayan village of the cacique Mayo- 

 banex. The site is east of Punta San Juan. At Las Caiias, on the west, is 

 another prehistoric village site. On the south shore of the peninsula, just east 

 of Samana, the provincial capital, is the Anadel site mentioned in the text. 



On the south shore of the bay are indicated the Barracote and the two 

 Naranjo Rivers, also the Bahia de San Lorenzo and the Boca del Inflerno and 

 Cana Hondo coast. Several prehistoric shell middens not mentioned in the 

 text are located in the vicinity of Sabana de La Mar. The delta of the Rio 

 Yuna and the Gran Estero are shown at the west end of the bay. The entire 

 north coast of the peninsula from the towns of Matanzas and Boca de Nagua 

 westward to Puerto Plata was explored by Doctor Abbott. 



Plate 3 

 Map of Monte Cristi Province 



Indicated on the map are points mentioned in the text. The Silla de Caballo 

 Mountains east of the town of Monte Cristi, with the Haitian fishing village 

 of Petite Saline, and El Duro on the Monte Cristi-Guayubin highway (carre- 

 tera) to the south are mentioned in the text in connection with prehistoric 

 Ciguayan villages (K 2 and K 4) excavated in 1929. The Rio Yaque del Norte 

 formerly emptied itself into Manzanillo Bay near the Haitian frontier; its 

 waters were diverted by the Dominican Government to supply the town of 

 Monte Cristi. 



Near the border town of Dajabon is the Chacuey River, in the vicinity of 

 which are the prehistoric earthworks mentioned in the text. 



Plate 4 



Carved wooden seat decorated with turtle effigy head and incised double 

 recurved volutes and nucleated circle. U.S.N.M. No. 30052. Turks Island. 



Plate 5 



Profile of a figurine modeled in clay to represent a crouching human (male). 

 Actual size. Collected by C. A. Eraser at Puerto Plata, D. R. U.S.N.M. No. 

 32090. 



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