10 The Virgin Islands Daily News Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - ee ge _™= - wn _ _ > — a a —SCCENTENNIAL SCENE —®& * Archaeology in the Virgin Island (a. rchaeology in the Virgin Islands c wy 7 : — x y * [Re Ni 33 5 i : Z PN ey wrt * pa tae i Bens RX g : ae : ¥ pe NER Oy y 0 ie ENS ei « Tey See bef oo, he gh > Y ew aN Va “ OB vase cS Bee : Site, mess ae : : ieee, SE ae , oy + 2 t J %¥ Rv Ws be eee desc a porn nee Hwee toh ge ee 0 : 4, ‘ é ‘ PO Ge ee to ee ok EN agai ! Se ere at “apes be Pie gee Gm Virgin Islands P - ett : oo ameter ofeee RES Sy Fag ee Oi a gn Se enhh, {og ae laborers excavate » oY eee ee cers ie Sanh 2 2 ee pre-historic deposits . Reel 3 bd eee ee “ . € in oe Yt eR eke ge emma Thoms, ; *\ SS Oe es a4 oo ae wae % at ae er Te % was a cr a7 ; a : \ iS . ans < Pe Gabi ho si Ts Miia Oe Ot SL a tg 5S Photo courtesy of a : pn saad t A et ees em iy aig : THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, as ~ ee ay. ON ee = Jeti yee ek OUR NEW POSSESSIONS The Cuban Scientific Expedition to the ert iN a 4 Pa : es oh Le Virgin Islands in 1951 was documented by oA a i % —_ ’ “ oe 3 % ol & a4 archaeologists Oswaldo |. Morales Patifo, Sag Prod, Ree. ’ foes eg we re Ale Ae above, and Fernando Royo Guardia, and SS oo en pee ae Ng a. ae... | subsequently translated and annotated ie oe ee ‘eke 0 At ee SS wy = oe many years later for the Virgin Islands Ar Bae te oh eho ae Ve a aN eee Se aS oa chaeological Society in its Journal number eee Oe ON e E ines <a Me Mee eS 5 (1978) by Alfredo E. Figueredo. Morales & he ae! ee ee Ne mm es Patifio was president of the National Board [ERMEieee iia tr 7 og Pe OP ee ee ee ic. 8 : ee | of Archaeology and Ethnology within the Men eh 0 Ne SA eae ini ‘ he Pee ee fo ete ee ame Ministry of Culture and Education from Rh gat ie io a ee ae Se oe git. °) a ne] 1951-1955. During that same period, Royo — ek a acl lL oo”. ge oy See Guardia served first as secretary and . —— se Soe ele then treasurer. The visiting Cuban scien- ° = The “ribbon-sealed” bottle, a PF tists were