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Ficure 82.—Sketch map of E-9: Kalunye, a habitation site of the Taruma Phase. 
E-9:; KALUNYE 
This site is half an hour’s paddling upstream from the Wai Wai 
village of Mawik4, on the left bank of the Essequibo River (fig. 79). 
The hill rises gradually so that the summit is 40 meters from the edge 
of the bank, but falls off more steeply to the rear. Sherds are distrib- 
uted over an area 60 by 25 meters, corresponding approximately to 
the extent of the elevation above the 5-meter contour (fig. 82). This 
hill had been cleared by the Wai Wai chief for a garden some years 
previously, and had since grown up with dense small brush and small 
trees 4 to 15cm. in diameter. A few trees, apparently faster growing 
species, were 30 cm. in diameter. 
Cut 1, 1 by 1 meter, was dug in 8-cm. levels toward the southeast 
edge of the site, near the beginning of the slope. The soil was black 
loam, containing numerous small iron concretions and sherds in a good 
state of preservation. This condition continued uniform through 4 
levels. Between 28 and 32 cm. iron concretions became very abundant 
but sherds were present to 34cm. Below this the gravel was compact 
and sterile to a depth of 50 cm., where the cut was abandoned. A large 
core of felsite, the kind of rock used for the manufacture of manioc 
grater teeth, came from level 16-24 cm. It was trianguloid, 9 cm. 
long, 8 cm. wide at the base and 3.5 cm. thick. 
