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facts from “Waramuri Mound” and “Haimaracabra Shell Mound” 
(two names for the same site) in the British Guiana Museum suggests 
both selectivity for better-made specimens and mixture with some of 
the later occupants of the site during the past few centuries. Types 
of polished tools not found in any other sites in the Northwest District 
are mixed with these collections along with cruder, percussion-made 
specimens. 
CABACABURI SHELL MIDDEN 
Aside from Waramuri, the best-described shell midden in the 
Pomeroon District is Cabacaburi, on a hillside at the mission of the 
same name about 40 miles above the mouth of the Pomeroon River 
(fig. 58). Although both Brett and Im Thurn visited the site, neither 
gives the dimensions. Brett (1868, p. 441) dug several pits and a 
large trench. He found skeletal remains haphazardly scattered 
through the lower levels of refuse, with some of the bones cracked 
open (op. cit., pp. 440-442). In the upper 3 feet, the skeletons were 
better preserved and the bones uncracked. Since European red bricks 
were uncovered at a depth of 3 feet, Brett interprets these upper 
bones as recent intrusions, perhaps dating from the Dutch coloniza- 
tion (op. cit. p. 442). 
The nonceramic artifacts include broken axes, quartz chips, a small 
stone chisel, and lumps of red pigment. <A pair of thin, silver plates, 
perforated and used as ear ornaments, was found associated with a 
skull at a depth of 4 feet and Brett (1868, p. 439) mentions finding 
a, few small sherds at the same depth. Im Thurn (1884, p. 123), who 
excavated for 2 days in 1877, reports finding “a small and broken 
animal mask of clay, which might have been a boss, or other orna- 
ment, on some clay vessel.” He also mentions that a friend found 
two fragments of a pottery griddle. There is no question that the 
pottery head, the griddle, and probably the silver earrings belong to 
a later culture than the Alaka Phase. In view of the intrusive bricks 
and skeletal remains, they may even date from the contact period. 
AKAWINI SHELL MOUND 
Two men sent by Brett to search for other shell middens in the 
Pomeroon District reported a site on the Pomeroon River near the 
Akawini Creek (fig. 58). No details are given other than that the 
midden is located near a swamp and is similar to Waramuri but 
broader and flatter (Brett, 1868, p. 483). 
SIRIKI MOUND 
Siriki mound is located near Siriki, a small stream on the eastern 
side of the Pomeroon River, and adjacent to a swamp (fig. 58). It 
