The illustrations of the Bahamas Conference article

Figure 1

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.

Figure 2

St. Eustatius consists of 3 main landscape parts: The Quill volcanoe in the south, hills in the north and a plain (Cultuurvlakte) in between. See also EUX-10 for an aerial photograph of the island. All archaeological sites are in the lower part of the island.
1= Golden Rock site (Saladoid)
2= Smoke Alley (post-Saladoid)
3= Godet (post-Saladoid)
4= Corre Corre Bay sites (preceramic)

Figure 3

Map of Aruba. 1 = Tanki Flip site 2 = Santa Cruz site 3 = Sabaneta site

Figure 4

Overview of Golden Rock site on St. Eustatius. Grey areas are middens. Black dots are postholes. Floor plans of round and one square houses. Note that all houses have wind breaks.

Figure 5

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 6

One of the large postholes of the maloca shown in EUX-2 (see also EUX-5).

Figure 7

The excavated area of the Tanki Flip site, ca 48 x 50 m. A number of oval, round, and one rectangular structures were reconstructed here. Two fences were found.

Figure 8

Excavated area of the Santa Cruz site, Aruba. Postholes are indicated. One east-west oriented maloca was excavated here. Note the fence in the southern part of the excavated area..

Figure 9

North-south oriented oval maloca, from the FAL-7 site in Falcón, Venezuela. Drawing by José Oliver.

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

Aerial view of Aifa, a Kalapalo village in central Brazil. A circular layout of malocas around a circular plaza is visible. A rectangular ceremonial house is situated near the center of the plaza. This ceremonial house contains wooden trumpets and other paraphernalia used during ceremonies. After Basso, 1973:45

Figure 12

Burial of a child in the Golden Rock site. Eighty-one quartz beads, two complete pottery vessels, and three shell plaques were found with the remains of the dead. Only a few bone parts (part of the skull and some long bones were found; they were in the correct anatomical context. The rest of the bones were not present. They were probably removed during secondary ceremonies.

Figure 13

Cache of several complete pottery vessels, Golden Rock site, St. Eustatius.