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TarLE L.—Obdjects of European origin from Rupununi Phase sites—Continued 
Site Object Quan- Remarks 
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R-34,JarA—| Dark-blue, opaque, disk-shaped, Disk-shaped, both irregular in diameter and 
Con. faceted glass beads. height with ground facets, and ends slightly 
ground, Height 2-3 mm.; diameters 1.5- 
4.5 mm.; majority 2.0 mm. 
Cut from a long tube. Length 2-4 mm.; 
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Pale, bottle-green and light-blue, 
transparent cylindrical glass diameter 2.0-2.5 mm.; diameter of hole 1 
beads. mm. (fig. 124, h). 
Red-wine, to dark-blue, opaque, 29 | Of unequal length, apparently cut from glass 
disk to cylinder-shaped, beads. tube. Length ranges from 1.5-3.0 mm.; 
diameters 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 mm.; diam- 
eter of hole, 1.0-1.5 mm. (fig. 124, e-f). 
White, opaque glass beads_...--.__- 93 | Cylindrical, flat ended, cut from iong tubes, 
of various diameters and lengths. Diam- 
eters 2.5-3.5 mm.; lengths 1.0-3.5 mm.; 
diameters of perforation 0.5-1.0mm. Ends 
frequently cut at a slight angle (fig. 124, g, 
i). 
R-34, Jar H_| White, opaque, glass beads____.___-- 38, 048 | Cylindrical, fiat-ended beads apparently cut 
from tube; some slightly ovoid. Diameter 
2,5-3.5 mm.; thickness (length) 1.5-3.5 mm. 
Diameter of perforation 0.5-1.0mm. Ends 
frequently cut at slight angle rather than 
straight across (fig. 124, g, i). 
Rr=36_l) es. Pieces of cast-iron pan__.-....----.-- 
Very thin and probably late 19th century. 
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STORRD DT HOOR See cas. ea ee 1 | Made of one-half inch round iron rod. End 
of 19th century or later. 
Rel Webosse oo 2 | Like modern shirt buttons. Could be any 
where from 1 to 151 years old. 
Base of stoneware preserve jar, 1 | Type used for distributing English marma- 
glazed over cream-white body. lades for past 100 years, although evidence 
of hand workmanship points to early phase. 
THE SITE SEQUENCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 
The seriated sequence of the Rupununi Phase (fig. 125) is based 
on the pottery type frequencies at the 30 habitation sites. The ceme- 
tery and ceremonial sites produced too few specimens to be statistically 
reliable. Because of the short period of habitation, all of the sites 
produced only surface collections, and no stratigraphic evidence was 
available for determining the direction of the trends in popularity of 
the pottery types. Consequently, after the percentage occurrence of 
the two major wares, Kanuku Plain and Rupununi Plain, was plotted 
on strips of graph paper, and these were arranged in the order of in- 
creasing and decreasing frequency, some external evidence had to be 
employed to determine which was the upper end of the seriated 
sequence. Fortunately, the associated European material was dat- 
able in several cases with sufficient preciseness to solve the problem. 
Twelve sites produced European trade material representing a con- 
siderable variety of items (table L), many of which are not diagnostic 
or are of types manufactured over long periods of time. Six of the 
sites, however, contain one or more items that can be dated more 
exactly, and these establish the approximate period of occupation. 
When these sites are placed in chronological order based on the Euro- 
