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Cuba before Columbus (1921)

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971 · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 329

An illustration from Cuba before Columbus, 1921, leaf 329
FLINT CAVE 221 The Deposit. — The floor was a solid bed of ashy dust, five to eight inches deep, be- neath which appeared the irregular beds of burnt and deca\Td animal bones, ashes, charcoal, and soil, some of them evidently fireplaces. These are shown in the sec- tions (figs. 54, 55). … Fig. 54. — Section of floor of "Flint Cave," near Boca Ovando. (a, Dust; b, Burnt bones; c, Ashes; d. Hard yellow soil; e, Dark soil; F, Hard yellow loam; G, Rock.) No strata containing differing artifacts referable to successive periods of occupancy were found; there was nothing to distinguish the…

Indians of the West Indies

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