102 BULLETIN 15 6, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



oral sector, thick-walled, irregularly smoothed outer and inner sur- 

 faces. A circular perforation is shown near rim, which at this 

 point has been cut away, leaving a semicircular indentation. Color- 

 ing, due to firing, buff, brick color, and black. Slightly marked or 

 ill-defined basal region. From cemetery at Andres. (PI. 6, 

 upper right.) 



Earthenware undecorated bowl of the cazuela type from cave 

 near Constanza, Province of La Vega. Thick-walled, irregularly 

 convexly walled with large flattened basal region and short upright 

 oral section. No clearly defined marginal area. Walls rounded and 

 narrowed around margin. Walls irregularly smoothed and colored 

 by firing to buff and black, with perhaps application of a black slip 

 on inner surface. Diameter 8.9 inches (22.7 centimeters), height 

 2.3 inches (5.8 centimeters). Exceptionally heavy. (PL 6, upper 

 left.) 



Earthenware bowl from cemetery at Andres. Height 5.3 inches 

 (13.4 centimeters), diameter 8 inches (20.4 centimeters). No decora- 

 tion. Smooth as to inner and outer surfaces. Coloring black to 

 buff, due to firing and polishing. Walls strongly convex with well- 

 defined equatorial ridge or shoulder and small poorly defined basal 

 region. Slightly outward curved depressed rim. Bilaterally ap- 

 plied knobbed lugs just above the equatorial or shoulder ridge. Ves- 

 sel extremely heavy and thick walled. Andres. (PI. 49, upper row, 

 center.) 



Shallow earthenware bowl from cemeter}'^ at Andres. Diameter 

 8.9 inches (22.7 centimeters), height 3.7 inches (9.6 centimeters). 

 Chocolate-colored outer and black-coated inner walls due to appli- 

 cation of a slip which has partly flaked off, leaving the inner surface 

 roughened but the outer smooth. Wall has been punctured near 

 the center of bottom. Walls form a continued curve from the oral 

 margin to the center of bottom. The equatorial ridge is poorly 

 marked, as is likewise the incurved rim. A decorative panel en- 

 circles the incurved walls above the shoulder. Design effected by 

 free-hand incised lines in alternating horizontal and vertical pat- 

 terns. Vertical lines have terminal punctations at either end ; hori- 

 zontal lines have scanty application of terminal punctations. (PL 

 51, bottom.) 



Earthenware vessel from cemetery at Andres. Height 3.7 inches 

 (9.6 centimeters), diameter 5 inches (12.3 centimeters). An irreg- 

 ularly formed, thin-walled, buff-colored bowl with sharply marked 

 shoulder, irregular flat bottom, and straight undecorated oral sector. 

 Decoration consists of paneling of incised lines appearing between 

 shoulder ridge and incised band encircling margin. Decorative 

 panel consisting of many series of concentric semicircles. Two 

 bilaterally applied lugs have been broken off, but were apparently 



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