Golden Rock Site Malocas

Oayana Culture, traditional house, maloca, at Golden Rock site, located on Saint Eustatius Island in the northern Leeward Islands of the West Indies, (near Lawa River, French Guiana) from ancient times.

Elevation is on the sea coast.

Materials: wood columns; wood beams and purlins roof structure, thatch roof.

Data for CG model:
1. Versteeg, Aad H. & Schinkel, Kees. (edit), c1992. The Archaeology of St. Eustatius : the Golden Rock site, St. Eustatius : St. Eustatius Historical Foundation ; Amsterdam : Foundation for Scientific Research in the Caribbean Region.
2. Ramcharan, Shaku, 2004. Caribbean Prehistoric Domestic Architecture: A Study of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Acculturation, Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations, The Graduate School, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
( https://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu:180370/datastream/PDF/view ).