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Hato - Tanki Monpoos
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On Thursday, May 30th, 2013 a subgroup of the archaeology sleuths gathered at the parking lot of the Coast Guard near Hato Airport. For all of them except me it was a second and for one even a third visit to this area.
From the parking lot we crossed the road and entered the area of the paintball club. Our goal for today was a path between the border of Gato and Souax that could be used to patrol the borders without crossing into either area. We wanted to know if this path is still accessible. Along the road to that path we would look out for any signals that would indicate the presence of prehistoric Indians in the area.
Dry riverbed between Meiberg and Hermanus
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On Thursday May 23 at 8:15 we, François, Fred, Michèle, Carel, Eddy, Hetty and I, parked our cars along the road to Willebrordus in front of the house of the local artist Zanolini. Our target for today's hike was a dry riverbed running between the plantations of Meiberg and Hermanus. Not really a riverbed because Curaçao doesn't have rivers. But in the rainy season all the rain water has to go somewhere and this leads to what is locally called a 'rooi'. This specific rooi doesn't have a name. Another one a bit further to the West has the name Rooi Katoen on the topographical map from the beginning of the 20th century.
Nothing specific was visible on any of the topographical maps so we thought to start just a nature walk without any archaeological finds.
Battlestation Blaauw 1942 - future war museum
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In June 2010 François van der Hoeven, Fred Chumaceiro and I visited Blaauw together with an official from the Monumentenburo (Monument Conservation buro). At Blaauwbaai we met the Security Manager Allan van der Ree (since January 1, 2012 no longer employed by Blue Bay Security). Apart from being the person in charge of the security at the Blauwbaai resort at that moment, he is also representing the Foundation Battle Station Blaauw 1942. This foundation strives to conserve the remnants of the American presence in Curaçao during World War II and to keep the remembrance of their efforts alive. There was a large battle station at the plantation Blaauw during the war with a number of barracks, several gun emplacements, some ammunition bunkers and a place where vehicles could be maintained, the motor pool. Several remnants of this battle station are still present and in reasonably good shape. During this visit the official from the Monumentenburo documented these remnants. This is the first step to get a formal status as a monument.
Old houses at Giftenberg - Cas Abou
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On Thursday the archaeology sleuths, as we like to call ourselves, gathered at the entrance of the plantation Cas Abou. Our goal was to search for any remnants of a small village that was located on the Giftenberg, in the past a separate small plantation but currently an area of the plantation of Cas Abou. According to the Werbata topographical map of 1909 there were (at least) three houses here each with a wooden or sod structure next to it and each with a fenced-in area around it.
Former defense systems at Klein Piscadera
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With permission from mr Attaf, member of the family that owns the Klein Piscadera plantation, we went to that area to look for the search light that was placed close to the entrance of the Piscadera Bay. Allan van der Ree was our guide. We gathered close to the entrance of the plantation of Klein Piscadera and from there we went by car to the foot of the Jack Evertsz mountain. When we couldn't go any further we parked the cars and continued by foot in the direction of the peninsula next to the entrance of the bay.
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