NO. I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Vll 



the years when this project was not always easy. Today, there are 

 over 15,000 potsherds from Indian village sites — proof of the ac- 

 curate descriptions in Columbus's Journal of this island of San 

 Salvador. 



In closing, again I thank Dr. Dockstadter and Dr. Rouse for their 

 enthusiastic encouragement, incomparable advice, and instruction 

 through the years, for commenting and editing this paper, and also 

 am I grateful to Dr. Rouse who made suggestions and reviewed this 

 manuscript from the first version through the final revision. 



