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Old pottery found at Little Bay Pond
by The Daily Herald Herald
Posted: May 28, 2007 14:05 UTC
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LITTLE BAY - The landscape around Little Bay Pond is changing as a section is being cleared to make way for a condo-hotel. However, fresh dirt is not the only thing the excavators have uncovered.
Pieces of Deft pottery and Dutch bricks used for building were found on the site Thursday by members of St. Maarten Pride and Emilio Wilson Foundation. Some 20 pieces of pottery and other related items were found.
To ascertain the value of the artefacts, Archaeologist Dr. Jay Haviser visited the site.
Haviser deemed the find of not great importance. “It is a logical place for such items,” he said. As the Little Bay Pond is a collection basin for runoff water from the surrounding hills, these items could have possibly ended up in the area over time.
“We have to be realistic. It is not possible to save everything,” he said adding that areas of archaeological importance once uncovered need to be protected and documented as much as possible.
Little Bay Pond was once an integral part of the Welgelegen Plantation that existed close by. In the plantation era, water from the pond was used for household purposes. Shrimp and fish were caught for food.
Environmentalists and conservationists have been monitoring the development close to the pond. Several groups over the years have been calling for the pond to be protected as a natural habitat.
One of the concerns about the ongoing development project is possible damage to the mangroves that were planted after Hurricane Luis and Lenny.
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