Plate XXXIV 



Series of vases showing progressive steps in the process of conventionalizing the 

 alligator form. Alligator ware. Page 132. 



Figure a. Vase in which the decoration represents the alligator with two heads 

 but only one nuchal appendage - - an example of both reduplication 

 and elimination. 3 / ft 



Figure b. Vase ornamented with the double-headed type of alligator motive. 3 /.-, 

 Figure c. Vase, the shoulder zone of which is adorned with alligator motives. 3 j- n 

 Figure d. Vase in which the lower zone is red and the upper zone shows a series 



of alligator motives ; from Vivala (not Divala). 1 / 2 



Figure e. Vase in which the panel decoration on the shoulder consists of alli- 

 gator motives. */j 



Figure f. Vase in which simplification and general reduction of the alligator 

 form reach their limit. 1 / 



