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Ficure 85.—Sketch map of E-19: Cholyolyoliwaté6, showing the Taruma Phase habitation 
site and the limit of the former field clearing. 
wide here, not far above the mouth of the Kassikaityu. The rock was 
used as a landing for the Wai Wai village of Weelya, far back in the 
forest where the elevation of the ground was higher. The Taruma 
Phase site was along the bank, which rose 5 meters above the January 
water level. The area had been partly cleared for a house and garden, 
and was overgrown with dense, high, tangled grass. Further diflficul- 
ties in exploration were created by the presence of rotten logs and 
other vegetation debris. However, several tests indicated that the 
site was approximately 30 meters in diameter. A sherd collection was 
derived from two 1- by 1-meter tests, 10 meters apart. Sterile soil in 
the form of compact lateritic gravel was found at a depth of 40 cm. 
Above this the soil was medium-gray loam, disturbed by Wai Wai cul- 
tivation so that no effort was made to retain the sherd material 
stratigraphically. 
