NO. 14 ARCHEOLOGY OF BAY ISLANDS, HONDURAS STRONG 



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The Bird collection contains 16 sherds of polychrome pottery that 

 do not fall into the above type. I collected four sherds of this ware 

 at site I, Jonesville Bight, but did not encounter it commonly in the 

 islands, nor does the Bird collection contain much from other island 

 sites. This ware, which I have designated Polychrome II, suggests 



Fig. II. — Polychrome II rim sherds, Jonesville Bight offertory. (White, red 

 brown or orange; hatching, dark brown or dull black.) 



a conventionalized and somewhat simplified development of Poly- 

 chrome I. It is characterized by a high polish on a red-brown or dull 

 orange slip, with designs in dark brown or dull black (fig. 11). It has 

 a fine gray-grit temper and is fairly thin (3 to 8 mm thick, average 

 5 mm). The designs are rather well applied but tend to be somewhat 



