PREFACE XXI 
and willing workers, even though in many cases we shared no common 
language. Although we cannot list them all by name, we can truth- 
fully say that they have not been forgotten, and that they have each 
contributed to our image of British Guiana as a charming as well as 
a beautiful country. 
The drudgery in archeology falls to the lot of those who must wash 
and number the sherds preparatory to analysis. For carrying out 
this monotonous task efficiently, we wish to thank Mr. Charles T. 
Terry, Jr., and Mr, Robert C. Jenkins of the Division of Archeology, 
U.S. National Museum. Line drawings of specimens were done by 
Miss Betty Baker and the manuscript was typed by Mrs. Jeraldine 
M. Whitmore, also of the Division of Archeology. 
Various members of the U.S. National Museum curatorial staff 
provided identification of faunal, floral, skeletal, and cultural remains, 
including Dr. T. D. Stewart of the Division of Physical Anthropology, 
Dr. Harold Rehder of the Division of Mollusks, Dr. A. C. Smith, then 
of the Department of Botany, Dr. Tucker Abbott, now on the staff of 
the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Mr. C. Malcolm Watkins of 
the Division of Cultural History, Mr. Edgar M. Howell of the Divi- 
sion of Military History, and Mr. George Metcalf of the Division of 
Archeology. 
As a basis for interpreting the archeological remains in British 
Guiana, it was necessary to examine materials from adjacent areas. 
We are greatly indebted to Dr. Peter Goethals, Dr. John Goggin, and 
Dr. Irving Rouse for generously permitting us to review sherd col- 
lections from unpublished fieldwork in Dutch Guiana, Trinidad, and 
Venezuela, and thus greatly facilitating the task of comparison. 
Students who may wish to use the British Guiana materials in 
comparative studies will find type collections of sherds representing 
all but the rare pottery types at the following museums: University 
Museum, Philadelphia; American Museum of Natural History, New 
York; Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven; Peabody 
Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge; Chicago Natural History 
Museum, Chicago; University Museum, University of California, 
Berkeley; Goteborg Museum, Goteborg, Sweden; and the British 
Guiana Museum, Georgetown, British Guiana. A complete collection 
of sherds, stone, trade materials, and miscellaneous objects can be 
found in the Division of Archeology, U.S. National Museum, Wash- 
ington, D.C. 
C. E. 
B. J. M. 
Division of Archeology 
U.S. National Museum 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 25, D.C., April 1, 1959 
