The 14 pictures of the Inhabitation and Environment article

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Map of the Caribbean/Amazonian area. Marked are waterways and modern borders.
The former and the latter are interrelated: most of the north border of Brazil is formed
by the watershed of the rivers that flow to the Amazon, resp. the Atlantic Ocean. The
border between Venezuela and Guyana is the watershed between the rivers of the Es-
sequibo, resp. the Orinoco system. The other borders are large rivers (Oyapock, Ma-
rowijne and Corantijn). The rivers are the transport routes in this part of the world.

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Stemmed projectile point from a preceramic site in the Sipaliwini Savanne

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Concave projectile point from a preceramic site in the Sipaliwini Savanne.

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Knive from a preceramic site in the Sipaliwini Savanna

Figure 5

Projectile point made by the early hunters/gatherer groups in South Suriname. It was found in situ in one of the workshop sites in the Sipaliwini Savanne. Photograph F.C. Bubberman.

Figure 6

Alaka sites (the black dots) in the coastal zone near the Barama River (East Guiana). Modified after Evans & Meggers, 1960:fig.4

Figure 7

Kaurikreek site near Apoera in west Suriname. M. Sheombar extends the first test pit during excava- tions in 1977. It is the oldest site(approx. 1000 BC) with pottery in Suriname. The well made and decorated pottery is related to early Saladoid pottery found in the
upper Orinoco area.For the location see Versteeg, 1978: fig. 2A.

Figure 8

Proto-Saladoid handles and adornos from the Kaurikreek site in East Suriname. Peg-topped handles,
such as the lower right specimen)occur also in Saladoid sites.

Figure 9

Typical Kaurikreek decorated pottery. Small flattened strips of clay were applied to the surface of the pot before firing, in a variety of geometrical patterns.The axe from Matarony River. Its length is 58 cm. After Rostain, 1994:fig. 184.

Figure 10

Efficient watercraft is an important commodity in Amazonia. Travel via rivers is much more efficient than over land in most of Amazonia. The river is the Sipaliwini in southwest Suriname. The village is Kwamalasamoetoe.

Figure 11

Floor plan of largest maloca (diameter 19 m) excavated at the Golden Rock site on St. Eustatius. Below the floor plan a reconstruction of the maloca. The reconstruction is on display in the museum of the St. Eustatius Historical Foundation.
After Versteeg & Schinkel, 1992: 157; lower photograph A.H. Versteeg.

Figure 12

Saladoid white-and-red pottery from the Wonotobo site, Corantijn River.

Figure 13

he Buckleburg-1 clay mound, built up by the Barrancoid Indians ca 300-400 AD in the coastal swamps of Suriname. The mound is ca 2 m high and has a diameter of ca 140 m. Two participants of the excavations in 1977, Mrs. A. Soedhoe and M. Sheombar of the Suriname Museum, are in the foreground.

Figure 14

Reconstruction of the Buckleburg-1/ -2 mounds at the banks of a small creek in the coastal area of West Suriname. The raised fields and ditches are visible at the left. The mounds and agricultural fields were situated just south of the salt- and brackishwater area; the mangrove area and the Atlantic
Ocean are visible in the backgound.

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The pictures of the Suriname Environment article