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viduals, one adult and one juvenile. In addition, three shark vertebra beads were
found in the vicinity. No other remains of shark were found, and in Carlson’s
opinion these beads were not manufactured at the site. They very likely accompanied
the human remains.
A total of 4,202 bones make up the analyzed assemblage, representing a
minimum number of individuals (MNI) of 154. Excluding the pig, the vertebrate
fauna consists of the following species: 24 fishes and sharks, two mammals,
four birds, and two reptiles. Most numerous in terms of MNI were fish,
with 103 individuals, followed by hutía with 34 individuals. The most common
fish were freshwater sleepers (Eliotridae) followed by groupers (Serranidae).
As Carlson points out, this is not surprising, granted the site’s immediate
proximity both to numerous rivers and to Annotto Bay. She states that 72 percent
of the usable meat weight in the diet was provided by marine species and
25 percent by hutía. It should be noted that the reptiles included two individuals
attributed to the Jamaican giant galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) and there
was at least one parrot, either black or yellow billed (Amazona agilis/ collaria).
Both species are endemic, and, as Carlson remarks, they would presumably
have been captured for their feathers.
References: AJ 1970, 1:1, 2; 1972, 2:2; 1978, 1:3 and Figure 1; 1982, 1:6;
1982, 4:6, 7, 9; 1984, 4:40; Carlson 2004; Cassidy 1988; Osborne 1973; Padrón
1952; Randel 1960; Yates and Thompson 1959–1960.
Green Castle (Y25)
Reported by Miss Jean Crum- Ewing in 1978 and mapped by Lee in that year.
Also known as Davey Hill #1. Lee recorded that the property road at that time
cut through midden material for a distance of 100 m, the maximum depth of
deposit observed by him being about 60 cm. The finds were said to be located
in a matrix of gray- black soil, above a subsoil of buff marl grading into coral
limestone. Artifacts remarked upon by Lee included pottery with cross-hatched
incised decoration, both plain and filleted rim sherds, griddles, flint flakes, and
hammerstones of igneous or metamorphic rock. One sandstone net sinker was
found on the surface. A joint team from UWI and Murray State University carried
out excavations in 1999–2001 ( Allsworth- Jones and Wesler 2003).
Six trenches have been excavated. The three westernmost trenches were
shallow and yielded very little information. The northernmost trench was also
quite shallow and was affected by erosion and deflation. The mid trench on the
eastern side and the southernmost trench, however, were very productive. The
southernmost trench produced the most complete stratigraphy, to a maximum