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mid of Cholula, and is common in the ancient graves of Costa Rica 

 and New Granada. Large vases recently brought from the province 

 of Chiriqui are identical with these in every respect. 



Fig. 3. — Eartliern vessel from the lower series of deposits. 



Associated with this ware and beginning apparently a little higher 

 in the section, we find the remains of the third variety. The ves- 

 sels are mostly cup-shaped. They are well made, are simple in 

 treatment, and exhibit a fair degree of symmetry. The prevailing 

 color is a light yellowish terra-cotta tending toward orange. The 

 surfaces are moderately well polished but rarely show attempts at 

 ornamentation. The forms are repeated in the more elaborate 

 wares that succeed it. This ware is identical in most respects with 

 much of that found in the adobe mass of the pyramids of San Juan 

 Teotihuacan, Texcoco, and Cholula, and upon the slopes of the hill 

 of Texcocingo. It is, apparently, the forerunner of some of the 

 more elegant wares of the surface deposits of the section. In 

 the upper part of the lower series of deposits this ware predom- 

 inates greatly over both the heavy ware and the archaic pottery 

 already described. By reference to the section it will be seen 

 that the surface of the lower series of beds has been much dis- 

 turbed by the more recent occupants of the site at the beginning of 

 the second epoch. Excavations have been made and afterwards 

 filled up with gradually accumulating refuse, so that a series of im- 

 perfect stratified deposits has been spread over all, at first following 

 the curves of the disturbed surface. There is, however, no very 



