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form, with one side flat and the other irregularly faceted, came from 

 G-Mo-3. Diameter is 1.5 cm. The remainder are from 0-6: Las 

 Huacas. One is perfectly round; the rest are flat disks like the beads 

 made of shell, with flat faces and rounded or slightly flattened edges, 

 and biconically perforated through the center. Diameter ranges 

 from 1.4-2.0 cm., thickness from 2-11 mm. 



Spindle whorl (?). — One beadlike object of soft, dark blue-gray 

 stone with a well polished surface has the tmTcted form frequently 

 associated with spindle whorls. It is 1.4 cm. in diameter, 8 mm. 

 thick, and has a perforation 5 mm. in diameter through the center. 

 It is from 0-6: Las Huacas. 



Pottery Artifacts 



Figurines. — A highly stylized hollow anthropomorphic figurine is 

 characteristic of the Jambeli culture. The head is rectanguloid, long 

 from side to side, and narrow from chin to top. The top is flat, or 

 slightly to deeply depressed in the center above the nose creating two 

 marked lobes. There is a perforation at the center top. In profile, 

 the top of the head is rounded or tapered. The body is semicylin- 

 drical, typically expanded to a maximum diameter below the arms 

 and tapering toward the neck and feet. The legs are typically not 

 separated; the feet are formed by eversion of the lower end of the 

 body outward at the front and back (figs. 14, a, and 16, a). Incised 

 lines indicate a minimal number of toes, usually three per foot. Arms 

 are small, solid projections at the shoulder (fig. 15, a, c), attached 

 when the surface was sufficiently dry to form a poor bond. The arms 

 are frequently missing, leaving a clean break. Fingers may be rep- 

 resented by short incised lines on the front side. Occasionally, hands 

 are more realistically formed by a reduction in the diameter of the 

 arm. 



Facial features vary within narrow limits. Eyes are typically a 

 perforation surrounded by four incised lines in a diamond arrange- 

 ment (figs. 14 and 15, b). One has a larger ring instead of a diamond 

 (fig. 15, a). Another has two short gashes (fig. 15, c). The nose is a 

 prominent, rounded nubbin, projecting 1.0-1.5 cm. above the surface 

 of the face. Ear treatment is highly variable, and ears may be indi- 

 cated either by incision (fig. 14, c) or by an expansion at the side of 

 the head (fig. 14, a). One or more horizontal incisions define the 

 forehead, and vertical incisions above suggest hair. The mouth is a 

 narrow, horizontal, straight, or slightly curved gash 1.0-2.3 cm. long. 



The front of the body is well smoothed or striated polished and may 

 bear either painted or incised decoration or both. Two parallel inci- 

 sions usually occur on the neck, and this "necklace" may be elaborated 

 with rows of perforations (fig. 14, a, and 15, c) . Two bodies have more 



