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terminates before the east wall of excavation i is reached, but beyond 

 this point another polychrome refuse heap at the same depth occurs 

 and it was in this that we made excavation 2. The sand level (level 8, 

 fig. 6) was sterile of artifacts throughout all of our excavations. In 

 excavation i, the same was true of the underlying sandy clay (level 9) 

 except on the southern edge where the overlying polychrome refuse 

 material dipped, and at the northern edge where a very few mono- 

 chrome potsherds were encountered (level 9, fig. 6). These latter, 

 found toward the end of our work, seemed highly significant and 

 for this reason the northern extension was made extending north 

 from the northwest corner of excavation i. Soil layers and pottery 

 deposits were generally similar in excavation i and in the northern 

 extension. However, in the northern extension more abundant pot- 

 sherds differing from the polychrome type were found in the sandy 

 clay (level 9, fig. 6) beneath the sterile sand stratum (level 8). This 

 will be discussed subsequently. 



Cultural features, other than abundant potsherds and rare artifacts, 

 were not marked in any of the excavations. River boulders occurred 

 throughout the upper portions of the main clay stratum (level 7, 

 fig. 6) in all. What appears to have been a roasting pit or oven is out- 

 lined in figure 6. Small clay-lined fire pits and small irregular clay 

 bricks also occurred. Eight burials, all in bad condition, were en- 

 countered, four in excavation i and four in the northern extension. 

 In all cases these occurred either in the clay stratum (level i) con- 

 taining polychrome pottery or just below it and clearly intrusive 

 into the sand. All were extremely friable and crumbled on exposure 

 to the air. One of the burials in excavation I was extended and had 

 notched upper incisors, three were flexed, only one had any grave gift 

 (a ground stone knife). In the northern extension, one burial con- 

 sisted merely of an immature skull, jaw, and humerus ; one was 

 extended; one was flexed; and the last was the extended skeleton of 

 a new-born child under a large, plain red, two-handled bowl. Excava- 

 tion 2 yielded no burials. 



The succession of ceramic and artifact types from excavation i 

 and the northern extension will be briefly outlined. This site was 

 richer in polychrome pottery than any other we dug on the Ulua, but 

 it should be remembered that even here there was much more plain 

 than painted ware. The sherds from this site show little erosion 

 through direct water action and the majority of the painted pieces 

 are fresh and bright. We will discuss the material according to four 

 major stratigraphic levels, A (P 1-3, see fig. 6), B (P 4-6), C (P 

 7-9), and D (P 10-12). As indicated on the diagram (fig. 6) levels 



