A very small rockshelter (small, shallow cave) was found situated in the interior, overlooking the stream valley but surrounded by tropical forest. (See diagram of site). A test trench dug through the shelter revealed several small archaeological layers or “horizons” about 1 meter deep, containing many thin lenses (sub-layers) of charcoal, animal bones, shellfish, some chert artifacts, and shell pendants. A carbon sample from the base of the layer gave a date of 1,180 + 80 years BP (before present). A carbon sample from the top of the layer gave a date of 400 BP.
Artifacts recovered in the excavation included over a hundred expedient shell tools, shell ornaments. The bone refuse consisted mainly of deer bones, including the bones of numbers of young deer fawns. Flotation samples produced some identifiable plant remains from the site occupation level, including the seeds of some wild berries, a few casings of small roots, and many charred shells of from some unknown nuts.