126 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 177 
Level 0-8 cm___. Medium-gray, sandy loam containing sherds intermixed 
with a few small pieces of broken quartz and iron con- 
cretions. 
Level 8-16 cm___ Light-gray loam containing streaks of reddish orange 
clay. A hard compact mixture of clay and sandy loam 
appeared at the bottom of the level. Sherds sparse; 
the majority from a black earth deposit in south corner 
of cut. 
Level 16-75 cm_- Sterile, bright-orange, sandy clay. 
Strata Cut 3 was placed 3 meters west and 7 meters north of Cut 1. 
It measured 1 meter east-west by 2 meters north-south, and was con- 
trolled in 8-cm. levels. Results were as follows: 
Level 0-8 cm.__-. Soil a black loam; root mass thick because a bamboo 
clump is only 3 meters away. Fire-burnt stones and 
natural quartz spalls; sherds abundant. 
Level 8-16 cm__- Soil lighter gray black with occasional streaks of orange, 
sandy clay. The bottom of the level peels off from the 
more compact clay beneath. Sherds less abundant; 
some fire-burnt stones. 
Level 16-50 cm_. From 16-28 em., the soil is light gray with orange clay 
intermixed; no sherds. From 28 cm. downward the 
soil is a sandy, orange clay, which continues to be 
sterile. 
N-3: MRS. ROBERT’S LANDING 
A knoll on the right bank of the Barima River, about 1.5 km. 
downstream from N-2 (fig. 4), was occupied in 1953 by several Carib 
and Negro families. Mrs. Robert was the leading citizen, and the 
settlement was named after her, “Mrs. Robert’s Landing.” The land 
rises rather steeply to 3 meters above the February water level and 
then more gradually for 2 meters more. The elevation is elongated, 
with the narrow end coming to the riverbank, and the east and west 
margins bounded by a swampy inlet and a small creek. The surface 
was denuded of vegetation and badly eroded, making sherds readily 
visible and the limits of the site easy to detect. It was found to ex- 
tend 185 meters inward from the river by 40 meters from side to side, 
with the limits corresponding approximately to the 4-meter contour 
line. We were informed by the inhabitants that the river rises about 
3.5 meters at the height of the rainy season. 
In addition to the surface collection, a small strata cut, 1 by 2 
meters, was dug west of the center of the site in the area of highest 
elevation, 75. meters in from the south edge. Excavation in 8-cm. 
levels produced the following results: 
Level 0-8 em___. Medium-gray, sandy soil with a thin humus layer; roots 
numerous. Sherds sparse, mostly from the eastern part 
of the cut. 
Level 8-16 cm___ Soil conditions the same; sherds more abundant. 
