SURVEY


Thomas, and St. Croix. St. John, however, was not visited by this
group (Krieger, 1938, 95-102).
 In the files of the National Park Service, there is a three-page
manuscript by Vacelius, ms. (reviewing the findings of de Booy
and Hatt). Historically, it may be of some interest to quote the
second paragraph on page 2 of this paper in the light of our sub-
sequent survey:

 "It should be noted that, with the exception of the Reef
 Bay petroglyph site (SJ-9), all of the archaeological sites
 thus far known lie on the shore or on offshore cays. I am
 inclined to believe, however, that additional sites may be
 found in the island's mountainous interior; doubtless there
 are other deposits yet to be discovered on the shore, too.
 When Hatt surveyed Saint Croix, he found sixteen sites; in
 the course of a few weeks, we were able to locate nearly fifty
 additional sites. I suspect that the same may prove to be
 true of Saint John. Someone should be given the task of
 reconnoitering the island-a few weeks' work would, I think,
 increase our knowledge of the archaeological sites immeas-
 urably."

 That such a "reconnoitering" was accomplished is evident by
the present report, and, indeed, additional sites were revealed. As
the following pages will outline, our program expanded the known
site count from Hatt's 6 or 7 to our 19 on the island of St. John
alone. It should be emphasized, nevertheless, that Hatt had en-
countered most of the seemingly important sites on the island,
with one or two possible exceptions. It is my contention, however,
that the finding of the additional sites did not add appreciably to
our time depth picture of the island but did very definitely give
us some valuable clues in the relationship of settlement location to
environment. This, in the final essence, will be the prime theme
of my summary following my statement of the reconnaissance.
 In the light of the environmental outline above, it will be re-
membered that the island of St. John is a mountainous mass
rising abruptly from the sea, and that the greater percentage of the
land is angular and steep-sloped. The coast is a series of rocky
headlands with enclosed bays and crescent beaches. Back of these