Porto Marie - East of the former plantation house
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In April of this year the archaeology sleuths visited the area South of the plantation house of Porto Marie. This time the area East of the former plantation house was visited. Also there a number of dams and wells or tankis can be found. A specific reason to look in this area and then especially the area in the neighborhood of the two wells that are visible on the Werbata map is the possibility that there indigo tanks could have been built in the past. Indigo tanks normally lie downwind of the plantation house and need water in the neigborhood. Downwind of the plantation house there are no wells, to the South we didn't find indigo tanks near the wells so an area South-East of the plantation house with wells would be a good second choice.
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Savonet - small houses opposite the plantation house
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On the Werbata topographical map, produced in 1906, a number of wooden houses (black squares) and also stone houses (red aquares) can be seen opposite the entrance of the Christoffel park. The wooden houses are partly inside the park; the stone houses are outside the park to the East of the restaurant Trio Penotti.
Last time we saw some artifacts close to the park road so on Thursday July 3, 2014 we went looking for the remnants of these houses.
We parked the cars in the parking lot of the Christoffel park and went into the park by foot. As soon as we entered the dirt road we saw on the left side of that road the first foundation. Although the Werbata map shows wooden houses often these were built on a stone foundation. That stone foundation is still partly there. And because this foundation remnant covers quite a large area I have marked it on the map as 1 or more houses.
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San Juan - Seru Largu and Half day point
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The most Eastern beach on the plantation of San Juan is Playa Largu (large or wide beach). From the sea a cliff can be seen with a number of niches or cave entrances. This could be a place where indians took a break or stayed for some time. So we decided to bring a visit to this cliff. After meeting at the home of François we continued with two jeep-like cars to the plantation San Juan. At the plantation house we paid the entrance fee and we drove on to the beach, where we parked our cars.
Savonet - walking through the roi
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With so many mountains in the Christoffelpark, the most impressive being the Christoffelberg with a heigth of 372 meters according to Werbata, there must also be a large system of channels to get rid of the water flowing from these mountains in the rain period. Such a channel is called a 'roi' in Papiamentu. This time we decided to walk through a number of such rois from the border of the former plantation Knip and Savonet to the plantation house Savonet. We could do this thanks to the help of one of the park rangers who was willing to drop us off halfway between the Seru Mangel and the Seru Bosman at a small parking place.
From Seru Gracia to Seru Bosman
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On Thursday, June 5, 2014 we wanted to hike from the Seru Gracia to the Seru Bosman via the Seru Batata and a nameless mountain. The distance was only 1.7 kilometers but we expected that we would be unable to come back at the Seru Gracia in time. Luckily we got help from the park rangers. We went with two of our cars and a truck of the rangers to the Seru Bosman where we parked our cars. From there the park ranger brought us with his truck to our starting point, the Seru Gracia. In this way we would have to walk the trip only in one direction. And that appeared to be a good decision because it took us a full 4 hours to reach our cars. A clear indication of the difficulty of this hike.
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