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Figure 1

Indian flute made of the femur of an Indian woman. Its length is 34 cm This artefact from Suriname was donated in 1759 to the town of Geneva by a former citizen, A. Butini. It was exhibited in the Room of Curiosities of the Library in Geneva. It is at present in the Geneva Ethno-graphical Museum, inv. no. 134. We have only limited information on Butini: he was a student in theology in Geneva and he lived in Suriname. Photograph Ethnographical Museum, Geneva.

Figure 2

C.J. Hering (1829 - 1907). Hering was the first person to do archaeological excavations in Suriname. Portrait owned by the Hering family.

Figure 3

The expeditions to the south of Suriname in the first decade of this century resulted in much information on Indian groups. A round Indian house photographed in Apikollo during the Toemoekhoemak Expedition in 1907(Sipaliwini Savannah area in the south of Suriname).

Figure 4

Two expedition members of the Toemoekhoemak Expedition. Left C.J. de Goeje, at the time Officer of the Dutch Navy. He was the author of the 1908 report on this expedition. He became a specialist in languages and culture of Suriname's Indians, and, in 1946, professor of 'Linguistics and Ethnology of Suriname and Curaçao' at Leiden University.

Figure 5

Caribs living at the Zanderij Savannah. Documentation such as this photograph are useful when reconstructing prehistoric house shapes from excavated posthole patterns. Photograph by Geijskes, June 1938.

Figure 6

Excavation of a grave in the Indian site Kwatta 3e Rijweg, Febr. 1946. This site near Paramaribo has pottery of the Kwatta culture. The director of the Geological and Mining Service, H. Schols, visits the excavation. Photograph by Geijskes.

Figure 7

Large-scale sand and shell extraction in the ridges west of Paramaribo uncovered (and destroyed) several archaeological sites. Kwatta, near 4eRijweg. Photograph by Geijskes, October 1950

Figure 8

Excavated skeletal parts. The ca 1000 year old bone material is
usually in a good condition in these soils rich in shells. This is the same site as that in Fig. 7. Photograph by Geijskes, October 1950.

Figure 9

Hertenrits arteficial clay mound. Excavating complete pottery vessels at the north section. Photograph by Geijskes, October 1957.

Figure 10

The excavation crew at Hertenrits mound. The pit is in the central ditch area. The caved-in pits can still be seen in the field today. Photograph by Geijskes, October 1957.

Figure 11

F.C. Bubberman studies the just discovered rock with petroglyphs at the Sipaliwini savannah in 1969. This is the only petroglyph site in Suriname that is not situated near a river or creek. Still, its position may be determined by hydrological factors: it is situated in the area of the watershed, in the dry land area between the headwaters of the Sipaliwini (Corantijn) and Paru (Amazon) Rivers. Several of the drawings on this rock are 'double-bodied' figures, which are also suggestive of a duality that may be associated with the rivers that flow in two different directions.

Figure 12

Raised fields in east Suriname associated with the Barabakoeba culture. Wane kreek area, 1976. The raised field is situated to the left, the ditch to the right. Geologist J.J. Janssen is standing at right in the ditch. He discovered many archaeological sites in Suriname (often with F.C. Bubberman).

Figure 13

Kaurikreek site near Apoera in west Suriname. M. Sheombar extends the first test pit during excavations 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 14

Layers in a test pit in the Wageningen-1 clay mound, situated near the Hertenrits. December 1977. Such mounds are characterized by alternating light grey and darker brown or black layers. The mound was raised with light grey clay material from its surroundings. The darker layers were the top-surface of the mound for some time. Charcoal and other material dumped by the Indians accumulated, before the mound was built up to a higher level.

Figure 15

Excavation of a test pit in the Peruvia chenier site (Coronie) in August 1978 by a team of the Suriname Museums and the Free
University (Amsterdam). Mrs. E. de Vries and Mrs. A. Soedhoe working on a section of one of the test pits. The Peruvia site yielded Hertenrits style pottery; it is situated near raised fields.

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