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HONDURAS — STRONG, KIDDER, AND PAUL 



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black and red (an excellent example from P 12, just above the sand, 

 is illustrated in pi. 9, t). In addition, B contained a number of non- 

 descript polychrome pieces. As in the main excavation, the lowest 

 polychrome types in the northern extension were the best finished 

 and had the most realistic and artistic designs. The sand level below 

 P 12 was barren of artifacts. 



Below this sand level (.layer 8, fig. 6) potsherds were rather numer- 

 ous in P 7 and occurred in very small quantities down to P 12 (i. e., 

 through C and D but concentrated in the upper portion of C). All of 

 these sherds are monochrome or bichrome and not a single example 



cm. 



DARK RED 



I BLACK I I MEDIUM BROWNISH BUFF 



Fig. 15. — Ulua Polychrome bowl, excavation 2, Santa Rita (farm 17). 

 (Specimen in National Museum of Honduras at Tegucigalpa.) 



of either Mayoid or Bold Geometric polychrome occurred. The 

 sample is too limited to define the type adequately but is undoubtedly 

 significant as indicating a dififerent and earlier ceramic type, here 

 designated Ulua Bichrome, at this site. The majority of these lower 

 sherds are monochrome ranging from highly polished red and orange 

 ware to more numerous coarse brick red or sooty gray sherds. The 

 highly polished red or orange sherds show examples of flat, heavily 

 incised lips (pi. 9, i, n) ; swollen lips (pi. 9, /) ; flanges below the 

 rim; flat bottoms; and small, solid tripod feet (pi. 9, aa, bb). They 

 are from small vessels for the most part. The paste and tempering of 

 these pieces is very fine and the ware is light and hard. A direct rim 

 from a bowl of this type has a light gray polished interior. 



A number of the orange sherds (pi. 9, 0, p, q, r, s, u, v-z, aa, bb) 

 are definitely of Usulatan ware (Lothrop, 1933, p. 50). The faded red 



