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ofwliich Ncw-Loudoii was tho capital (1558) ^ Tlioso cuts also liaví^ 

 st'ived béfore in Professor Oiite's work alreiidy referred to. Tliere must 

 llave boen a very large nuniber of tliese vases, as tliey are to be 

 touiid all over tlie vast distiict nained, wliich lies south and southwest 

 of the Calcbaquí región. Tlieir fonii is as constant as in the case 

 of tbe Santa Maria type. Tlie>- are tripartite, witb neck. body and 

 bottoui. Tbe neek carries a cbeekered nieander wbicb does duty as a 

 conventional forui for a seri)ent. Tbe ventral part is varionsly adorned, 

 see Píate IV of tbe Annals referred to, and tlu^ figures 17, 34, 35, 3íí. 

 Tbe bottom is i)retty nearly always adorned witb straigbt or undnlat- 

 ing lines in gronps, wbieb seein to do dnty for drops or rills of falling 



rain. Tbis last ornainent is so constant tbat a potsberd Avitb it on may 

 be at once recognized as part of one of tbese crocks. Tbe same may be 

 said of tbe neck or lip, becanse a cbeckered undnlating band can only 

 belong to a vase of tbis type. Tbe colonring is generally black on a red 

 ocre slip, nsually well polisbed; bnt some of tbe examples, especially 

 among tbose from Andalgalá, tbe colour is only tbat of tbe baked clay 

 on wbicb tbe design is painted. 



Tbe La Plata Mnsemn possesses a very good collection of tbese vases» 

 wbicb sball be studied sonie otber time, suflice it now to say tbat tbese 

 and tbe Santa jNIaria examples bave been selected to represent two of 

 tbe most typical series of tbese valleys, along witb tbe specimens of tbe 



' Explored and colonized wheu Mary Tiulor of Eugland was wife ofPhilij) II of 

 Spain. The compliment was well nigh posthumous. 



