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either ovoid in form (14) or globular (22) (pi. 29, c). All are 

 perforated and roughly modeled. They range from 7 mm to 3.3 cm in 

 greatest dimension. One thin disk bead of pottery has circular ridges 

 (pi. 29, g). In addition, four solid balls of hard brown pottery, 

 probably the rattles from broken feet or lugs were recovered. A 

 large bead (2.7 cm in diameter) of polished red pottery was found on 

 the surface of the bare hill about 100 yards southwest of site i. The 

 finest bead, however, is of clear quartz crystal (pi. 29, /) and came 

 from a depth of 8 inches in site i. It is a beautiful specimen and has 

 a biconodont perforation with a tiny aperture where the two borings 

 meet. 



A considerable number of large specimens of ground stone were 

 noted at site i (pi. 20, fig. 2), but only a few samples could be taken 

 away. The majority of these had been exposed by earlier excavations, 

 but a considerable number of broken fragments and one or two com- 

 plete pieces were encountered in our work. Portions of at least six 

 large polished granite metates, originally with three legs, were en- 

 countered (pi. 20, fig. 2). The best example, which was preserved 

 (fig. 14, a), is of hard gray granite and has a king vulture or condor 

 head on one end. Several of the legs on the fragmentary metates 

 were carved in a simple maze or a fret design (pi. 20, fig. 2), One 

 complete granite metate without legs was encountered. It was 45 cm 

 long by 36 cm wide, of an even thickness (about 5 cm) throughout, 

 and evenly curved with raised ends. Four fragments of three-legged 

 lava metates (similar to fig. 14, e) were noted. There was also one 

 complete specimen of this type, its surface measuring 28 cm by 20 cm, 

 which had two legs at one end (10 cm high) and one at the other 

 (15 cm high). All complete and broken metates showed signs of 

 long-continued use. 



Numerous roller pestles were present. Two were of granite, about 

 23 cm long and originally rounded, but worn somewhat smaller at the 

 ends and rectangular through use (similar to fig. 14, c). There were 

 a large number of broken cylindrical manos of smooth, polished 

 granite. All were highly polished and of even diameter (the largest 

 was about 15 cm in diameter). The type is well shown in the illus- 

 tration (pi. 7, fig. 3; pi. 20, fig. 2). In addition, there were several 

 cylindrical and round manos of the porous gray lava (like fig. 14, b). 



Two fragments of polished diabase pot rests were encountered. 

 One of these (pi. 19, fig. i, g) is 9 cm high and has an estimated 

 diameter of about 30 cm. The other (pi. 20, fig. 2, lower center), 

 about the same size, was accidentally left at the site. Each fragment 

 had one foot (probably part of a tripod base) supporting a smoothly 



