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everted, a characteristic which apparently occurs only on Cuipo 

 variety vessels in the Azuero style. 



It should be evident from the above that Code and Azuero styles 

 (particularly those of the Macaracas type) are closely related, and 

 sherds with fragmentary designs cannot always be differentiated. 

 Because of this, a residual category of "Cocl^-like" was established 

 for sorting purposes in the study of the El Hatillo material (see Cocl6 

 polychi'omes under "Ceramic Typology"). Despite the sometimes 

 frustrating sunilarities in design style, the two ceramic groups are 

 sufficiently different to allow them to be considered as separate though 

 related entities. 



El Hatillo Polychrome 

 el hatillo polychrome; el hatillo variety 



Sample. — 22 vessels or large fragments; 57 sherds ^ (pis. 1, d; 2, a-c). 



Paste. — The temper consists of crushed rock with occasional smooth 

 particles of a reddish substance, probably hematite. Paste color is 

 generally brick red (Munsell hue 2.5YR 4/6-8), though it is sometimes 

 fired to a lighter orange hue (Munsell hue 2.5YR 6/6-8). Hardness 

 rates at 3 on Mohs' scale. 



Shapes. — One of the more striking attributes of this variety is the 

 great variation in form which occurs within a general category. 

 Shapes include globular bird bowls with short pedestal or collarlike 

 bases (fig. 7, n, s), dovelike bird vessels with tall, straight spouts 

 (fig. 7, /), angled shoulder bottles with varying proportions (fig. 

 7, a-e, i), globular and subglobular bottles (figs. 7, g, h). Although 

 many of the bottle shapes listed above occurred only once at the site, 

 some are common, especially the globular bird bowls, the dove-shaped 

 bird bottles and the angled shoulder and globular bottles. Thickness 

 ranges from 5-10 mm. depending on the vessel size; most vessels 

 average 6-7 mm. for the wall at midheight. Maximum diameters of 

 bottles average around 11-13 cm.; for the bird bowls about 18-20 cm. 



Other forms are conspicuous either for their rarity or their absence. 

 Only one collared jar fragment was found. This belonged to a small 

 vessel, 11 cm. in diameter, which had a short out-curved collar but 

 its base was missing. Shoulder sherds for another closed vessel, 

 quite large (estimated diameter, 60 cm.), were found, but its base 

 and rim areas were missing. One, probably spouted, effigy bottle 

 with three small loop handles and typical El Hatillo variety design 

 elements was found (fig. 7, j, k; pi. l,d). Both spout (or collar) and 

 the base are missing. Small open bowls are unknown for this variety 



' The sherd sample count for this variety represents a minimum since it excludes sherds recovered under 

 unstratified conditions in Mound III. Of the total of 559 El Hatillo type sherds recorded for Mound III, 

 the majority was of this variety. 



