ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN


 Towards the south, such differences assume major proportions.
In the Lesser Antilles are found some culture traits which are
not present in either the Virgin Islands or Trinidad. The space
between columns four and five has been left to indicate this cultural
divergence which is slight during Period IIb but becomes progres-
sively greater with time.
 "Early Coral Bay" refers to material excavated by Hatt and
included by him under the cultural term "Coral Bay-Longford
(St. Croix)." "Late Coral Bay" refers to the material illustrated for
that site in this report which seems to lack incised cross-hatching.
Similarly, our "Magens Bay A, B, and C" are included in Hatt's
"Magens Bay-Salt River (St. Croix)" group of sites.
 On the chart I have used "Coral Bay" for the culture of the
Magens I period, naming it for its type site. For later times I have
used "Magens Bay A, B, and C" for "Magens IIA, IIB, and IIC."
Use of these simplified cultural terms for the fairly similar analyti-
cal terminology used in the body of the report should cause no
difficulty. This usage is closer to terms at present in the literature.
 Pottery of the Period IIb cultures is characterized by areas of
cross-hatched incision, white-on-red geometric painting, and simple
rim modifications. By Period IIIa incised cross-hatching is no
longer employed. New ceramic traits-overall red painting, rec-
tangular rim lugs, boat-shaped and other new vessel forms-mark
the beginning of Period IIIb.