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wooded and rocky slope, this site has sufficient elevation to;overlook 
the valley toward the mountain slopes on the north. A small stream 
flows from the hillside at the east. edge of the clearing. Surface 
sherds were scattered over an area 20 meters in diameter west of the 
center of the clearing. 
R-27: MAUBI-WAU, VILLAGE 1 
Several kilometers north and a little west of the Wie-wie-tau area 
is another group of habitation sites. These are referred to as the 
Maubi-wau villages, after a small creek in the vicinity (fig. 109). 
This part of the savanna is somewhat rolling and the high places are 
generally covered by patches of forest. The sites are all on savanna 
adjacent to one of the patches of trees. 
R-27 is on a grassy rise 3 to 4 meters higher than the adjacent 
savanna and sprinkled with Sandpaper trees (Curatella americana). 
The western end of the rise is occupied by a patch of forest about 50 
meters in diameter. The site covers the area between this forest and 
the base of a slope on the east that culminates in a hill 15 meters 
higher than the site elevation. The soil is light gray and packed hard. 
Sherds were scattered on the surface over an area 50 by 80 meters, the 
west edge penetrating a short distance into the forest. In this forested 
area, 4 meters in from the edge of the savanna, a large Kanuku Plain 
vessel was discovered protruding from the surface of the ground. 
The bottom, which was uppermost, had been broken out. The intact 
walls extended 15 cm. below the surface to the slightly incurved rim 
with a mouth diameter of 40 cm. 
R-28: MAUBI-WAU, VILLAGE 2 
About 2 km. west of R-27 is another similar habitation site, occupy- 
ing the edges of a thickly forested knoll (fig. 109; pl. 56, a). The 
forested summit of the knoll measures about 100 by 30 meters. Grass- 
covered slopes incline gradually downward onall sides. The creek, 
Maubi-wau, runs along the foot of a high, forested hill 2 km. to the 
north. Sherds occurred in three places, one curving around the west 
edge of the forest, one at the southeast, and one at the northeast edge. 
Dimensions are 15 by 30 meters, 15 by 10 meters, and 25 by 10 meters 
respectively. Sherd refuse did not extend more than 1 to 2: meters into 
the edge of the woods. Sherds were on or protruding from the sur- 
face, and occurred only rarely between the areas of habitation. 
R-29: MAUBI-WAU, VILLAGE 3 
One kilometer north of R-28 and separated from the latter by a 
low, damp, meadowlike area, is a ridge about 2 meters higher than the 
elevation of the surrounding savanna (fig. 109). The ridge is 250 
meters long, extending in a southeast-northwest. direction, and 80 
