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stones would seem to make this spot ill-suited for habitation. The 
sherds continued to the north in a distribution that curved around a 
rise on the east and bordered the creek. Another sherd area occupied 
a small hilltop to the north, on the opposite side of the creek. Tests 
showed that habitation refuse occurred on the surface only. Survey 
revealed no sherds on the other slopes and knolls. The presence of 
savanna at this elevation in the mountains raises the question of 
whether it is of artificial or natural origin. Trees are sprinkled over 
the slopes, but it could not be determined whether or not this repre- 
sents a gradual return to a previously forested condition. 
R-39: DAWBAR-WAU 
Some 3 years prior to our visit to the south Rupununi savanna, the 
upper half of a Kanuku Plain vessel, Form 6 a, appeared on top of 
a large rock at the edge of a rocky, tree-covered hill in the savanna a 
few kilometers east of Dadanawa (fig. 109). It had been broken 
straight across on a coil line and the lower half was missing. Except 
for associated sherds from a bow] of Rupununi Plain Form 1 b, no 
other pottery could be found in the vicinity. It is probable that these 
vessels were recently removed from an unidentified habitation site and 
then discarded when they became broken. The jar has the following 
dimensions: rim diameter 10.5 cm.; neck height 3 cm.; maximum body 
diameter 47 cm. The bow] was rounded with a rim diameter of 26 cm. 
CEMETERY SITES 
R-1: MOCO MOCO SHELTER 
The southwest slope of the Kanuku Mountains near the headwaters 
of the Moco Moco River (fig. 109) is strewn with large granite boulders 
camouflaged by trees, thick undergrowth, and hanging vines. R-1 is 
located in a small shelter created by the juxtaposition of three big 
rocks and several smaller ones. The ceiling overhangs the floor by 
only 1 meter except where two narrow crevices lead back between the 
rocks. Dirt and rubble washed into these from behind, forming steep 
slopes covered with slabs spalled from the ceiling. Other large and 
small rocks had fallen down toward the front of the shelter, some of 
them damaging pottery vessels that had been placed on the floor. Ex- 
ploration revealed one complete vessel (pl. 57, a) near the front of the 
shelter and the base of a second jar 1.5 meters to the north (fig. 113). 
The majority of the sherds of this second vessel could not be found. 
Small groups of sherds in two places along the south edge of the 
deepest crevice belonged to Vessels 2 and 3, both Kanuku Plain but 
unreconstructable as to shape. 
Vessel 1, the complete specimen, is a Kanuku Plain jar of Form 
3a (pl. 64,¢). Dimensions are: height 33 to 34 cm.; rim diameter 39 
em.; shoulder diameter 41 cm.; neck height 13 cm.; base diameter 13 
