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Ficure 21.—Sketch map showing the location of N-11: Hosororo Creek, a shell midden 
of the Alaka Phase, and N-12: Hosororo Hill, a habitation site of the Mabaruma Phase. 
majority of trees, leaving a few for shade. Sherds were visible in 
the cultivated garden and in paths leading down the hillside. Tests 
in the intervening and surrounding area indicated that a former 
habitation site occupied the major part of the shelf, extending over 
an approximately oval area 160 meters in a north-south direction by 
95 meters east-west. Refuse varied from 25 cm. deep toward the 
north edge to 30 or 85 cm. deep on the south side. Sherds were abun- 
dant in the garden, where the soil had been loosened around the plants. 
The adjacent area to the east seemed undisturbed and was selected for 
a 2- by 1-meter stratigraphic excavation (Cut 1), which was con- 
trolled in 8-cm. levels. Cut 1 had the following characteristics: 
