SURVEY 19

 Cinnamon Bay proper is a wide valley mouth providing a varied
environment. The valley is formed by a complex of drainages
that flow during runoff from the north slopes of Camelberg Peak.
Alluvial deposits have fanned northwestward with a resultant
triangular floor. This floor is high along the eastern half of the
valley, while the western area shows evidence of frequent flooding
from the mountains as well as the sea. A dune bar is typical of
nearly all such bay environments, and the large coral-sand face of
this valley is no exception. That this bar has moved, broken, and
reformed many times is evident from its structure, although most
of this action has taken place to the west. A profusion of sherds
along the inner side of this bar indicated to us a relatively heavy
occupation in prehistoric times, as did my test excavation (See
Bullen, 1962) (P1. IV). Interestingly enough, this sherd area was
restricted to the eastern half of the inner side of the bar and was
not found extending inland to the so-called high ground locations
(P1. III) .


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Plate IV. A Portion of Site 7, Cinnamon Bay.