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Nine rim sherds from finer vessels that were both painted and in- 

 cised are of the thick Las Flores vertical -walled vase type (compare 

 pi. 5, a-e) . These have a polished slip ranging from dark red to orange, 

 a band of black geometric designs under the lips and below this another 

 band of incised design. As indicated earlier, this Las Flores type of 

 incised and painted ware is also represented on the Bay Islands 

 (Strong, 1935, pi. 18, b, c, e). The sherds of this type from excava- 

 tion 2 ( farm 1 1 ) also have inner and outer design elements that rather 

 definitely suggest Bay Island Polychrome I pottery. One other sherd 

 with more delicate painted and incised designs (similar to pi. 5, h) 

 indicates the same fusion between the Las Flores painted and incised 

 vase style and the Mayoid painted style that occurred at Las Flores. 

 At excavation 2 ( farm 11), as at Las Flores, the Mayoid polychrome 

 type of vertical vase is the more numerous. Sherds from these vases 

 are very similar to those from Las Flores (compare pi. 5, f-m). They 

 are relatively thick (compared to the vases from the lower levels at 

 Santa Rita) with elaborate but conventionalized over-all designs in 

 red and black on yellow buff. Geometric motifs such as crossed circles 

 are also common. One flat bottom, one low, round, solid, tripod leg, 

 and one thin, solid, rectangular, tripod leg occur. Two elaborately 

 sculptured sherds have a curvilinear Mayoid design. One vestigial 

 spout (identical with pi. 6, b from Las Flores) is from a painted and 

 incised vessel. 



Smaller bowls with black and red designs on light red or orange 

 are even more common than the Mayoid vase type. Some of these 

 have conventionalized " Mayoid " figures but more have geometric 

 designs such as lines and circles. They are small to medium in size 

 including direct bowls, small pots, and small vases. One vertical strap 

 handle, one flat bottom and numerous rounded bottoms occur. In style 

 these vessels represent a blending between the Mayoid and the Bold 

 Geometric with the latter style predominant. Tripod plates and dishes 

 are lacking here as was true at Las Flores (excavation 2). 



Bold Geometric ware is fairly common and the large swollen vessel 

 with broad strap handles occurs (like pi. 7, a). The monkey lug, 

 however, is absent at this site. The slip of these pieces is a very dark 

 polished red or orange with geometric designs in black. Animal design 

 forms are lacking. One sherd of this type has a geometric design in 

 white paint. Two typical deep dimple bottoms occur. No figurines, 

 stamps, or whistles were found, but there is a brown pottery foot 

 from a rather large hollow effigy. Two fragmentary prismatic flakes 

 of obsidian were the only other artifacts. 



