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no evidence of their having been used as cooking vessels. As he said, “specimens
of these buff- yellow sherds have been reported in small numbers from middens
all over the island,” and they are commonly regarded as the remains of water
containers (cf. Howard 1965:252 and Figure 1i). The Lee Collection contains
examples from both caves and open- air sites, and while many of these vessels
are restricted inflected in shape that is not always the case. Three examples are
illustrated in the CD- ROM. From Spot Valley Cave (JC7) there is the top of
a massive water jar with a spout (JC7.3), and there are two complete vessels
from Taylor’s Hut (CC15) and Round Hill (C1). The first is restricted inflected
in shape and has an incised lug (cc15v11), whereas the second small example
is restricted simple and has a handle with an incised ridge (c1v4). All three exemplify
the buff- yellow ware recognized by Medhurst.
Altogether, there are 538 line drawings that serve to illustrate the artifacts
catalogued in the CD- ROM, as well as 213 digital photographs. The drawings
were specially prepared for this project, some by the late Audrey Wiles, and
some by Alison West Martin.
In addition, as mentioned above, there are 158 artifacts that form part of
the Lee family collection, which are not housed at UWI. These artifacts have
been recorded in two ways. Some are included in the CD- ROM as digital photographs,
and some have been included here as drawings. The first group consists
of 93 artifacts, of which 82 come from sites recorded by Lee and 11 have
no exact provenance. In total there are 18 rim sherds, 10 body sherds, 12 independent
lugs, 4 other ceramics, 34 chert pieces, 4 other lithics, 9 conch shell
celts, and 2 others. The 82 artifacts with known provenance come from a total
of 25 sites, of which 6 contain Redware, 5 belong to the Montego Bay variant,
and 14 are classified as White Marl. Fifty- seven artifacts from 20 of the sites
are described and illustrated in the CD- ROM, as mentioned in Chapter 1. An
examination of these images will give an excellent introduction to the kind of
Pre- Columbian material that exists on the island and that was collected by Lee.
From four of the Redware sites there are 18 illustrated lugs that give a very good
idea of the decoration typical for the pottery belonging to this phase: E4 Great
Pedro Bay (wlc 31–36), E5 Alligator Pond River (wlc 22–24), E11 Calabash
Bay (wlc 28–29), and M4 Bottom Bay (wlc 37–41, 43–44). There are five Montego
Bay sites: A19 Windsor, J1 Hartfield, J3 Fairfield, J11 Mount Salem, and
T15 Roslin Castle. The 13 illustrated artifacts from T15 deserve particular attention,
because the main inventory does not include any material from this
site. The decorated fillets, rim tops, and lugs (wlc 75, 80–84) from Roslin Castle
are reminiscent of the Montego Bay style, and justify the inclusion of this site