— 385) — 



Tu tlio r^ Xumber of tlie Aunáis of tlic L:i Plata INIuseum 2'' series, 

 Tlieiv is a Píate (n" V) whicli reproduces coloured (IraAvinjis of <> of tlie 

 Sauta alaria type of urns, two of whicli wer pliotoí^raitlied, \n side and 

 front view, for Prof. F. F. Outes' remarles on tluit collection of Piafes : 

 tliese 1 now utilize because tliey are typical exanii)les of tli<' series and 

 all its details of forui, symbols, etc., and very i)articularly so as rej^ards 

 tlie central black band so cliaracteristic of tbe Santa Maria burial urus 

 (íijí. 60 aud (>1). The relative proportions of the parts niay difter, also 

 the grouping' of the symbols, which also vary within certain flxed 

 limits, but the general type is singularly uuifcrm, and may be said to 

 be peculiar to the great Calchaquí Valley lying west of the Ancon- 

 (¡uija rauge. 



Variants of the typií-al forui uiay occasionally be found iii 

 the outlving vallcvs, but as such thev are excluded froin the 



(,'al<lia(iul 



Santa Maria series; it also may hapi)en that urns of the central 

 type have been conveyed beyond the limits of the Calchaquí zone 

 in all directions. 



Professor Ambrosetti has been during the last 3 years exploring the 

 gronnd just beyond the true Calchaquí district towards the líorth, aud 

 when all his work is published we shall be able to compare his results 

 with ours. 



The colouring in these vases or urus is as fellows : Ou a white 

 or palé yellow slip the design is painted in black, picked art in 

 crimson or lake m some instances, oftenest in the bodies of the 

 serpent symbol, aud iu the tattoo, if we may cali it so, on the cou- 

 ventional faces. 



Just as tigures tíO and 61 represent the Santa Maria type of Pottery, 

 so 62 aud 63 are peculiar to the highland plains and Valleys of Audala- 

 alá, Belén, Tinogosta aud the so called « Pueblos » of Catamarca aud 

 Ilioja, formerly part aud i)arcel of the Province of New-Englaud, 



