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show any traces of painted decoration. From C came a fragmentary 

 animal with a mouthpiece suggesting a spout. An incensario or pot 

 cover, from P lo-ii in excavation 2, representing a deer similar to 

 certain figures in the Dresden Codex, is remarkable (pi. 8, c). At 

 present the distribution of these numerous products of the sculptor's 

 art gives little indication of the lines of their development within 

 the polychrome period on the Ulua. However, comparison with 

 similar types from earlier horizons and a complete typographical 

 analysis will be a large and important task. 



cm. 



□ 



DARK BUFF 



RED 



BLACK 



Fig. II. — Ulua Polj^chrome bowl, excavation 2, Santa Rita (farm 17). (Specimen 

 in National Museum of Honduras at Tegucigalpa.) 



Pottery stamps are rare from excavation i , though they were fairly 

 numerous in excavation 2. In excavation i, levels A yielded one 

 cylindrical, roller stamp with a neat, squatting monkey design ; and 

 one flat, stemmed stamp with a geometric design. Levels B and D 

 yielded no stamps, but levels C yielded one flat stamp with a con- 

 ventionalized serpent head design. 



As at Las Flores Bolsa, the disproportion between the abundant 

 ceramic remains and all other artifact types was enormous in exca- 

 vation I, Santa Rita. Levels A produced one large, conical, stone 

 pestle and one obsidian flake knife ; levels B, six pieces of ground- 



