sion (Plate IVITT, ©) have lost the parallel lines and 
the paired protuberances. A thin layer of the softer outer 
surface of the testa alone remains. These seeds have an 
average maximum length of 16 mm. and an average 
maximum width of 8 mm. Compared to the measure- 
~ 
ments of the best preserved group of seeds, they are 2 
~~ 
mm. shorter in the average maximum length and 1.5-2 
nm. narrower in the average maximum width. The color 
of this group of seeds is either black or brown mottled 
with black. Attached to the surface of several seeds are 
fragments of carbonized material, These seeds, like those 
from Aspero, could, if found separately from the better 
preserved ones, be classified as belonging to the slender 
type of Lagenaria seed found at Huaca Prieta. How- 
ever, When the entire series is considered, all the Lagen- 
aria seeds found at Huaca de la Cruez, as at Aspero, 
must be referred to the large, broad type found in Pre- 
ceramic levels at Huaca Prieta. 
A second site on the central coast in which seeds of 
Lagenaria were recovered is Pachacamac. This large and 
important site lies in the Lurin Valley 80 kilometers from 
the present city of Lima. The extensive area covered by 
the ruins of the ancient city of Pachacamac includes the 
remiuns of the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of 
Pachacamac. This site has been the object of much ex- 
ploration and study, one of the most recent of which has 
been the excavations of Strong, Willey and Corbet in 
1942 (Strong, 1943). They concentrated the major por- 
tion of their work upon the large midden to the south 
of the main entrance to the Temple of the Sun. Two 
cuts were made from the outer edge of the debris to the 
temple wall, in an endeavor to study whatever cultural 
sequence existed, 
Among the wide variety of plant remains recovered 
were numerous specimens of Lagenaria. There were two 
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