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Figure 34. — Parita type, Ortiga variety, design elements, a, P-34; b-d, Mound 

 III sherds. Horizontal lines indicate red; diagonal lines indicate purple. 



square-face motif similar to that of the Pica-pica variety (see fig. 

 37, e). A schematic representation of these two patterns is shown 

 in figure 32 along with a crocodile motif like those of the Higo variety. 

 If, as indicated by the stratigraphy at He-4, it is true that the Ortiga 

 variety is a later ceramic development than the Macaracas varieties, 

 then the Ortiga bull's-eye and lyre panels could be interpreted as a 

 highly stylized version of the Macaracas motifs. 



An additional possible primary motif is the split-legged scroll, often 

 ladder-filled and combined with a color-filled ellipse as in figures 33, 



