SURVEY


 Ditlef Point: Extending approximately one half mile along a
north-south axis into the Caribbean, Ditlef Point is for the most
part a high, narrow promontory against which the seas pound.
However, a low neck or saddle does cut through the point about
two-thirds out from the mainland, and it was along the west side of
this area that we located, amid rocky debris, a collection of 220
very small, weathered sherds. The area has been designated as Site
16 by our survey. The spot faces Rendezvous Bay and is backed
by the ridge of Ditlef Point. Because of the shallowness of the
beach to ridge strip, the site appears to be long-parallel to the
beach-and narrow. Also, alignment of rock debris and small beach
ridges would indicate that the site had on many occasions been
washed by high rollers and swells.
 Rendezvous Bay: Northward and westward from the Ditlef
Point Site, the steep slopes of Gift Hill crowd hard against the
sea and make for sheer, exposed slopes. This feature continues
westward around Boatman Point past Buhvun Point into Choco-
late Hole. One small exception is a low point at Hart Bay which,
when surveyed, proved to be a brackish mangrove swamp.
 Chocolate Hole: Chocolate Hole is a bay having a northeast-
southwest axis and is formed by the seaward projections of Buh-
vun Point and Maria Bluff. On both sides of the bay and back
from the bay are brackish flood marsh and swamp. A moderately
large bar formation creates the beach and divides the larger swamp
from the sea. It was in the bulldozed and disturbed sands of this
large bar that 41 sherds were found marking our Site 17. The bay
area is currently under development, and, although the sherds
were found 75 to 100 feet from the beach and along a zone equally
long, it must be remembered that all data is unreliable as to the
original nature of the site.
 Calvary Bay: In structure and orientation, Calvary Bay is much
like that of Chocolate Hole, except the former is about twice as
wide and somewhat longer. The sandy beach bar and brackish
swamp conditions are repeated here once again. It was on the
south flank of this bay, about fifty feet from the shore and im-
mediately northeast of an impounded marsh-pond, that two sherds
were obtained. No other prehistoric data was encountered near the
bay or in the small valley to the northeast. The meager find is
listed as Site 18.