CONTENTS 



Page. 



Introduction 49 



Historical consiileratioiis 51 



Prehistoric cultural areas in the West Indies 53 



Trinidad ^ 62 



Erin Bay 65 



Chip-chip shell-heap 66 



Pottery 67 



Handles of vessels 71 



Stone implements 74 



Bone objects 75 



Objects of wood 75 



Comparison of prehistoric objects from Trinidad with those from 



other islands 75 



Tobago 78 



Barbados 78 



Middens 81 



Caves 82 



Mount Gilboa eaves 83 



Artificial excavations S3 



Indian Castle 83 



Indian excavations 85 



Artifacts 86 



St. Vincent-Grenada area : 88 



Grenada 88 



Bequia 89 



Battowia 89 



Balliceaux 89 



St. Vincent 90 



Kitchen middens 91 



Pictographs 92 



Artifacts 93 



Stone implements 93 



Celts and axes 94 



Petaloids 94 



Axes and chisels 94 



Axes with caps 100 



Grooved hammers and axes 101 



Asymmetrical axes 102 



Tools 104 



Implements of crescentic form . 107 



Eared axes 108 



Engraved axes 109 



Problematic stone objects 110 



Grinding implements and pestles 112 



Stone fetishes, amulets, and idols 113 



Enigmatical objects 115 



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