Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 85 



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Figure 28. — Parita type, Ortiga variety, Mound III sherds. 



indicate red. 



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complete vessels were present in the Peabody collection, it is probable 

 that they were similar to specimens illustrated by Holmes and also by 

 Lothrop, in which the body is shaped somewhat like a fat pear with 

 a rounded, unmodified base (Holmes, 1888, figs. 207-8; Lothrop, 

 1942, figs. 483-4). Holmes also illustrates a vessel of this variety 

 with a high, slightly flared collar and a ring base. High collars- 



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