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Code: Potrero Riquelme, Rio Code, Code (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 

 418, b). 

 Co-2: sherds. 

 Chronological position. — The Cuipo variety, on the basis of grave 

 assodation (Piedra del Sol, Grave No. 1, El Hatillo, Find 374 and 

 others) and shared elements, is contemporary with the other varieties 

 of the Macaracas type, and thus presumably earlier than either the 

 Parita or El Hatillo types. 



Relationships of variety. — Related closely to other varieties of the 

 Macaracas type; also related in some elements to the Calabaza 

 variety. 



Bibliography. — See section above on geographical range. 



Calabaza Polychrome 



calabaza type; calabaza variety 



Sample. — 18 vessels or large fragments, 516 sherds (pi. 8, b-d). 



Paste. — The paste is fired an orange to brick-red color (see Parita 

 Polychrome for Munsell rating) and is tempered with crushed white 

 and black rock, the particles of which are easily visible without 

 magnification. Occasional pebbles of hematite occur. Hardness 

 rates at 3 on Mohs' scale. 



Shapes. — This variety includes one basic shape, that of a squat, 

 gourdlike bottle with a ring base (fig. 35, g). Diameters of these 

 vessels vary from 12-20 cm. (of the 18 vessels measured, 16 fell within 

 the range of 14-19 cm.), and heights (minus the spouts) range from 

 10-15 cm. Thus, gross size is relatively constant. In general the 

 shape is quite uniform, although variations occur in the degree of 

 globularity or squatness of the vessel body. 



Very few spouts were found attached to bodies, but an examination 

 of detached spouts with surface treatment similar to the main por- 

 tions of the vessels indicates a considerable variation in the shape of 

 the mouth. Some appear as though the aperture in the top of the 

 spout was made by knocking a hole in the sealed spout after the ves- 

 sel was fired (fig. 35, d). In others, the mouth was clearly made be- 

 fore firing but still is extremely small as though punched through 

 with a stick or reed (fig. 35, a). Still others flare outward just below 

 the lip, which then turns inward to form a small aperture (fig. 35, b). 

 In all cases the spouts do not appear to have been designed for pour- 

 ing liquids, either because the spout hole is too small, or the lip is 

 turned in such a way that some liquid would remain in the vessel. 



Appendages and construction. — The presence of nonfunctional 

 spouts coupled with the extensive scratching along the shoulders and 

 sides of many of the examples suggest that they may^have;^been used 

 as rattles rather than as bottles. Holmes and MacCurdy (Holmes, 



