Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 79 



above complete with banded base, but adds to that design an egg and 

 bar motif on the body. Finally, a third vessel at the Museum, again 

 from the Finca Calderon at Parita (cat. No. 22/9451), has a shape 

 similar to the Peabody specimens, in this case with a short spout 

 intact, but differs in its froglike head. Again, the circle and dot on a 

 black ground scale element occurs. 



Geographical range. — The variety at present knowledge is limited 

 to Parita (El HatUlo site), one vessel from an unknown part of Vera- 

 guas (Mus. Amer. Ind. cat. No. 22/9455) and another in the Museo 

 Nacional de Panama from Catine, Las Palmas, Veraguas (G. R. Willey 

 photograph). 



Chronological position. — Same as Nispero variety. 



Edationships of variety. — Same as Nispero variety. 



Bibliography. — None. 



PARITA polychrome; YAMPf VARIETY 



Sample. — 10 vessels or large fragments, 198 sherds (pi. 3, d). 



Paste. — Same as the previous varieties of this type except that 

 unslipped areas of the vessel tend to be slightly softer (Mohs' scale 

 rating of 2.5) and darkened cores are more frequent in the paste. 



Shapes. — All examples at the El HatUlo site were pedestal plates 

 ranging from 24-26 cms. in diameter. In all cases the pedestals were 

 missing. However, a fragmentary base matched with a plate was 

 relatively short with a wide diameter. Holmes (1888, figs. 211, 212; 

 also Lothrop, 1942, fig. 485) illustrates another example, this time 

 with a somewhat taller and more flaring base similar in proportion to 

 many of the Nispero and Anon variety vases. Rims are either un- 

 modified extensions of the plate body with rounded lips (these tend to 

 fall in the larger diameter range), or are slightly flanged with a flat 

 horizontal surface and rounded lip. The latter tend to cluster around 

 the lower pole of the diameter range. 



Appendages and construction. — Mode of construction is not apparent. 

 Vessels tend to be fairly thick, ranging from 8-10 mm., and at least 

 one example of surface scoring or jabbing at the point of base ad- 

 hesion was noted. The only appendage noted, but a characteristic 

 one on the flanged rim plates, is a small headless "frog" effigy lump, 

 generally two or three in number and spaced equidistantly around 

 the upper surface of the flat rim. This feature is also characteristic 

 of the Ortiga variety described below. 



Surface. — The upper surface of the plate is generally covered with 

 an orange or orange-red slip on which the design in black, red, and 

 purple is delineated. Both upper and lower surfaces of the plate are 

 highly polished and the underside, in all instances noted, has been 

 covered with a plain red slip without decoration. The flat rimmed 



