Booy, Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de, 1882-1919 · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 32
28 VIRGIN ISLANDS and without covering of deep soil, it was considered unprofitable to conduct ex- cavations at this point. The vegetation covering the mound was somewhat dense and consisted prin- … FiG. I. — Destructive roots in the aboriginal mound, cipally of genip trees {Melococca hijuga) of varying size, whose penetrating roots had caused more breakage of the arti- facts under the surface than the weight of the soil above, and, incidentally, the INDIAN NOTES
Indians of the West Indies
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