156 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 177 
FLOODED SAVANNA 
Ficure 62.—Sketch map of B-1: Tiger Island, a habitation site of the Abary Phase. 
Cut 2, 1 by 1 meter, was placed in the southwestern quarter of the 
site. The surface here was covered with grass. This excavation 
showed the following characteristics of the refuse deposit: 
Level 0O- 8cm__ Soil very hard; light gray at the surface, becoming 
darker below 4 em.; sherds small. 
Level 8-16cm__ Soil medium gray. 
Level 16-24 cm__ Conditions same. 
Level 24-32 cm__. Conditions same; traces of charcoal and bone. 
Level 32-40 cem__ Conditions same. 
Level 40-48 cm__ Sherds larger and more numerous. 
Level 48-56 cm__ Soil lighter gray flecked with orange; majority of sherds 
from west half of cut; very compact, sticky, light-tan 
sterile clay below 54 cm., except for small area on west 
side where sherds continue to 57 cm. 
B-2: DR. HO’S LANDING 
About 72 km. above the mouth of the Abary River, the land begins 
to rise slightly, and forest replaces the swamp vegetation. On the 
left bank at this point is a small, irregularly shaped, natural elevation 
in the flood plain. It was originally covered with trees, which were 
cut when a vacation cottage was erected by Dr. Ho (fig. 61). The 
elevation is somewhat hourglass shaped, with a length of 69 meters 
generally paralleling the river. Two wide parts, 30 and 26 meters 
in width, are separated by a narrow neck. Two small knolls reach 
an elevation of 1 meter above flood level. Sherds visible on eroded 
parts of the surface and in drainage ditches indicate that the site 
occupied all but the low, northeast end of the elevation. 
A 1- by 2-meter strata cut, controlled in 8-cm. levels, was placed 
on the southwest knoll with the following results: 
