DISCUSSION


Magens complex it is not possible to point out a one-to-one rela-
tionship to another complex or style.
 In eastern Puerto Rico, Rouse (1952a: 563) presents after the
Cuevas period three successive ceramic periods-Ostiones, Santa
Elena, and Esperanza. With minor exceptions, the same ceramic
types are found in these three styles as appears in the Magens II
period but there does not seem to be an exact sequential inter-
relationship in terms of complexes except that a good correlation
can be made between the Ostiones style and Levels 2 and 3 at the
Turtle Point site on St. John.
 Incised casuelas, for example, appear limited to the last or
Esperanza period and, hence, are relatively late in Puerto Rico as
on St. Thomas and St. John. Crude adornos, however, are shown
for the Ostiones or first post-Cuevas period while I would limit
them to what I believe to be relatively later times. Yet, they seem
to occur in a similar temporal order as our subtype 1 adornos are
found in Ostiones and subtype 2 in Santa Elena (Rouse 1952a: Pls.
3, 4). This may mean that adornos are earlier in Puerto Rico,
that the earlier part of our Magens II period is missing in the
Puerto Rico sequence, that adornos were made at the time but
happened to be missing in the earlier deposits of our tests, or that
things developed differently in the two areas.
 One thing is certain, the influences that changed the Coral
complex to that which I have called Magens are the same as those
which changed the Cuevas style into those of the Ostiones, Santa
Elena, and Esperanza periods. In search of these influences we must
direct our attention southward.
 Present knowledge does not permit us to point to any close cul-
tural relationship between the Magens ceramic complexes and
those of the Lesser Antilles. Some of the same pottery types or
modes are to be found in various collections but close similarities
in terms of ceramic assemblages are not evident. It would appear
that the ceramics of the Virgin Islands during the Magens II
period are closer to those of Puerto Rico than they are to those of
the Lesser Antilles.
 Examination of pictures of Venezuelan ceramics finds small
rim lugs, an incised inner lip, and a subtype 1 adorno illustrated
for the Saladero style (Cruxent and Rouse 1958: Fig. 187; P1. 89,