Crossing the Borders: New Methods and Techniques in the Study of Archaeological Materials from the Caribbean

Corbison Point
(CP)
Central Plain group Tuff primary,
secondary
Bedded chert layers exposed at a rock-point along
Antigua’s northwestern coast. Secondary chert is
lying on the adjacent cobble beach.
Dry Hill (DH) Central Plain group Tuff primary,
secondary
Bedded chert layers exposed at a rock-section
along Antigua’s northwestern coast, secondary
chert is lying on the adjacent cobble beach.
St. Kitts Great Salt Pond
(GSP)
Unknown Limestone secondary Secondary surface scatter of small cobbles situated
along an arti¤cial dam separating two salt
lakes in the southwest peninsula of St. Kitts.
Sugar Factory Pier
(SFP)
Unknown Limestone secondary Small cobbles scattered on a cobble beach predominantly
consisting of igneous rock, along
St. Kitts southern shore near the capital of Basse
Terre.
Puerto
Rico
Cerrillos (CE) Guanajibo
Formation
Limestone secondary,
tertiary
Signi¤cantly destroyed inland surface scatter near
the village of Conde Avila within the southwestern
part of Puerto Rico.
Pedernales (PE) Guanajibo
Formation
Limestone secondary Extensive inland surface scatter of relatively large
irregularly chert boulders in the immediate surroundings
of the village of El Cerro in the
southwestern part of Puerto Rico.
Las Palmas (LP) Ponce Formation
Mariquita Chert
Limestone
Chert
secondary,
tertiary
Extensive inland surface scatter near the village
of Las Palmas in the southwestern part of Puerto
Rico. The surface scatter includes secondary
green chert material from the Mariquita Chert
Formation as well.
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