ST. JOHN SURVEY AND RECONNAISSANCE Our 1960 survey and reconnaissance of the island of St. John was not without precedence, although the work covered by the present report constitutes the most extensive program thus far con- ducted on the island. The Museum of the American Indian sent Theodoor de Booy into the Virgin Islands in 1916 and 1917 with a prime intention: the gathering of museum specimens that would reflect the aboriginal populations of this region (de Booy, 1917a). De Booy spent most of his time on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix, but did make a revealing statement concerning St. John: "Besides the St. Thomas survey, the expedition carried out an archaeological survey of the Islands of St. John and St. Croix. Beyond a number of rock carvings, no evidences were found of an aboriginal occupation of St. John, despite the fact that the entire island was gone over in the most careful manner. It is quite likely therefore that St. John was only used by the Indians from St. Thomas and St. Croix as a meeting place for ceremonial purposes, and that the rock carvings on St. John have been made during these cere- monies." (de Booy, 1917a, 234.) Although de Booy had "gone over in the most careful manner" the entire island of St. John and had found no aboriginal occu- pational sites, the field program of Gudmund Hatt in 1922 and 1923 (Hatt, 1924, 29-42) revealed 6 archaeological sites on the island of St. John, a collection of sherds and stone artifacts from Durloe Cay, as well as the Congo Cay and Reef Bay "rock-engrav- ings" mentioned by de Booy. His sites on St. John related to our survey were: (Fig. 2.) # 1-Coral Bay Site (Our Site 10) #2-Francis Bay Site (Our Site 8) #3-Cinnamon Bay Site (Our Site 7) #4-Long Bay Site (Our Site 4) #5-Long Bay Site (Our Site 3) #6-Cruz Bay Site (Our Site 19) In passing, it should be noted that the Smithsonian Institu- tion conducted an archaeological program in the Virgin Islands in 1937 with surveys and testing on the islands of Anegada, St.