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sand in C (P 7) there occurred a considerable number of potsherds 

 of a different monochrome or bichrome type. These were in a clay 

 stratum and were mainly concentrated in P 7, although they occurred 

 very sparingly in D (down to P 12). Only three sherds came from 

 P 12. This lowest clay stratum was sandier at the bottom of the 

 excavation. 



Fig. 14. — Inside design from Ulua Polychrome, Lower Mayoid vases (pi. 8 a, b), 

 excavation i, Santa Rita (farm 17). 



Space permits only a very brief analysis of the ceramic sequence 

 in the northern extension. Dividing the 12 pottery levels (P 1-12) as 

 in the main excavation, A (P 1-3) contained considerable amounts 

 of undecorated cooking ware ; some fragments of straight-walled 

 Mayoid vases with black slip, ilorid designs, and solid rectangular 

 legs ; a few small Mayoid bowl fragments ; a few fragments of Bold 

 Geometric ware ; and, finally, several sherds from thick-walled, 

 painted and incised vases (Las Flores type, pi. 5, a-e). B (P 4-6) 

 contained numerous sherds from excellent, thin Mayoid vases with an 

 orange slip and well-executed bat and thin-line human designs in 



