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Level 0-8 em-_- Loose, reddish-black soil with abundant lateritic concre- 
tions; sherds small. 
Level 8-16cm_- Soil same as previous level; sherds sparse and small. 
Level 16-24 cm__ Soil conditions same; two small, thin sheets of mica, 1 
by 2 cm. 
Level 24-32 cm__ Soil conditions same, concretions larger; a few scraps of 
mica. 
Level 32-40 cm__ Same until 36 cm.; between 36 and 40 cm. the soil changes 
to light-gray-orange color with small iron concretions, 
and with no sherds. 
Level 40-85 em__ Sterile, natural, lateritic soil; compact, with heavy con- 
centration of iron concretions and hunks of clay. 
This same natural soil condition was also encountered 
in the test holes. 
N-13 : HOBODEIA 
N-13 is on the right bank of the Aruka River, just above the mouth 
of Hanobasa Creek (fig. 4). The land here rises steeply to between 
3 and 4 meters above the river level so that the summit is safe from 
flooding (pl. 15, @). Since high land in the vicinity is rare, the site 
was being lived on in 1958 by several Guianese families, who had built 
houses and planted a garden. Testing and surface sherds showed 
the sherd refuse to extend for 55 meters along the riverbank by 30 
meters inland. Its northern and eastern boundaries were along the 
edge of the bank where it sloped down to the river and the creek. 
High land extended beyond the site to the south and west. 
A small strata cut 1 by 1 meter was placed 25 meters from the 
modern settlement. It was controlled in 15-cm. levels and gave the 
following results: 
Level 0-15cm__ Black loam with fragments of modern charcoal from 
slash an burn egriculture, 1 large modern spike and 
a rusty knife blade indicating disturbance. Sherds 
abundant, also small iron concretions and a few frag- 
ments of badly decomposed granite. 
Level 15-30 em__ Soil conditions the same; sherds abundant. 
Level 30-45 cm__ From 380 to 38 cm. small fragments of decomposed granite 
were mixed with the sherds. Soil color is a lighter 
gray than in previous levels. 
Level 45-60 em__ Soil grayer, more compact; rocks larger and more abun- 
dant. 
Level 60-75 cm__ From 60-75 cm. an occasional sherd; at 70 cm. the soil 
; turns to grayish tan and is sterile. Tested to 1.50 
meters, revealing a uniform deposit of sterile sandy 
clay. 
N-14: HOBODEIA SCHOOL 
The Roman Catholic School of Hobodeia is on the right bank of the 
Aruka River, 5 minutes by motorboat upstream from N-13 (fig. 4). 
The shore between N-13 and N-14 is tidal flat, but inland the two 
