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meters wide. Its surface is broken in several places by groups of large 
granite boulders, which are especially prominent at the southeast 
end. Forest 100 meters to the north would have provided land suit- 
able for slash-and-burn agriculture, and water was available 250 meters 
to the northwest. The grass had been recently burned and the sherds 
were readily visible on the surface of the ground, together with a 
liberal amount of lateritic gravel. One place near the center of the 
highest part of the ridge produced a concentration of sherds over an 
oval area 30 by 70 meters, none more than 2 cm. below the surface. 
E-30: MAUBI-WAU, VILLAGE 4 
This site occupies the northwest end of the ridge on which R-29 is 
located (fig.109). The elevation is slightly lower, but otherwise con- 
ditions are the same. Sherds were concentrated over a circular area 
25 meters in diameter. Fragments of two stone axes were also 
recovered. “49 
R-31: MAUBI-WAU, VILLAGE 5 
One of the highest hills i in the Maubi-wau itadiieri is 1. =e sat of 
R-30 (fig. 109). The eastern end slopes gently down from the tree- 
covered summit. Here, sherds were scattered: over a large area of 
savanna broken by numerous large granite boulders, and*scattered 
Sandpaper trees. . The'rocks divide the habitation’area into two parts, 
the upper one 100 by 75 meters, and the lower one 75 by 30 meters. 
Sherds were unusually abundant over most of the site area, which is 
the largest in the Maubi-wau region. One small complete vessel was 
found 7 meters from the upper edge of the site, lying inverted with its 
rim a few centimeters below the surface. It is Rupununi Plain, a 
variant of Form 5 c. _A shallow groove 2. mm.: wide runs along the 
base of the neck or collar. Height is 11 cm., mouth diameter 14 cm., 
maximum body diameter 18 cm., base sists fatant 7 cm., neck height 2.5 
cm., Tim thickness 5 5 mm., and ‘Ge shou inempor 6 fa 
R-32: MAUBI- Wao. VILLAGE 6 
R-82 occupies, a rise 250 meters west of R-31 and 1 to 2 meters 
lower in elevation (fig. 109). The site shares the summit with two 
small patches of woods, which it abuts. Sandpaper trees grow in con-! 
siderable abundance on the sherd area as well as the adjacent:savanna. 
The site measures 100 by 40 meters and is comparable in all respects 
to the other habitation spots in this part of the Rupununi savanna, 
R-33 : WIERAMORE 
This site is represented by two complete jars brought to us by: two 
of. the local men, who made a trip up into the southern Kanukus’to 
get them. They were said to be on or beside a flat rock in the middle 
