JAMBELI CULTURE — ESTRADA, MEGGERS, EVANS 531 



Base: Probably typically slightly flattened; 6 hollow polypod feet, maximum 



diameter 4 cm.; one annular base 9 cm. diameter. 

 Reconstructed common vessel shapes: 



Form 1 — 20.4 percent 



Form 9 — 21.6 percent 



Form 3 — 19.3 percent 



Form 8 — 16.9 percent 



Form 4 — 12.0 percent 



Form 5 — 6.0 percent. 

 Minor vessel shapes (frequency less than 5 percent) : Form 6. 

 Decoration: Red slip or wash applied in bands or zones in four major ways 

 (frequently occurring in combination) : 1) along the rim interior for a width of 

 1.5-2.5 cm. ; 2) along the rim top; 3) covering the exterior and extending 1.5 cm. 

 over onto the interior; 4) concentric bands on the interior. A single example 

 shows circular areas 1 cm. in diameter on the exterior. 

 Temporal Diferences Within the Type: None discernible. 

 Chronological Position of the Type: Present throughout the seriated sequence 

 in a frequency of under 5 percent (see fig. 38). 



Jambeli Red Wash (Jambeli Rojo Baiiado) 



Size op Sample: 641 sherds. 



Paste: Like Ayalan Plain; see that type description for details. 



Surface: 



Color: Typically light orange on plain surfaces. Wash the same shade of red as 



Jambeli Polished Red. 

 Treatment: Plain surface smoothed, leaving slight to marked irregularities and 

 horizontal smoothing marks; some bowls swiped on exterior; more poorly 

 finished than plain surfaces on vessels with polished red slip. Surface to 

 which red wash was applied is more even and smooth but leaving faint 

 smoothing tracks sometimes visible, as well as mica flecks. 

 Hardness: 3.5-4.0 

 Form (total rims from seriated samples, 182) : 



Rim: Direct, everted, or exteriorly thickened with rounded lip. 



Body wall thickness: 0.3-1.5 cm.; majority 5-9 mm. 



Base: Typically slightly flattened; rarely annular pedestal; about 10 cm. 



diameter. 

 Reconstructed common vessel shapes: 

 Form 9 — 66.5 percent 

 Form 2 — 13.2 percent. 

 Minor vessel shapes (frequency less than 5 percent) : Forms 1, 6, 5, 8, 10, 3, 

 and 11. 

 Temporal Differences Within the Type: None discernible. 

 Chronological Position of the Type: Present with little change in frequency 

 throughout the seriated sequence. Diminished percentage in the earliest sites 

 may reflect loss by erosion rather than smaller original frequency (see fig. 38). 



Jambeli Shell Scraped (Jambeli Raspado con Concha) 



Size of Sample: 446 sherds. 



Paste: Typical of Jambeli Plain and Ayalan Plain, with a slightly higher fre- 

 quency of incompletely oxidized examples. 

 Surface: 



Color: Typically light orange to tan. Large gray areas are common on the 

 exterior, less frequent on the interior. 

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