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Incision and punctation. Instances of incision and punctation are almost always 

 limited to handles or applique figures on handles and rims. Thus, reed punctation, 

 jabbing, and dashing (fig. 54, g-i) occurred fairly frequently on loop and angular 

 handles, both on coUarless jar shoulders and on the incurved rim open bowls. 

 Reed punctation was present also on the lizard handles of the Red and White 

 ware discussed earlier. 



In addition, a group of rough, often blackened, buff strap handles or legs with 

 upturned edges for rims and line incision, reed punctation, and simple punctation 

 were recovered from Mound III (fig. 55) . Unfortunately, none of these had suffi- 

 cient body wall section attached to indicate vessel shape or finish. Handle width 

 ranges from 3-8 cm. with two groupings apparent: one around 3 cm., the other 

 5-7 cm. One was decorated with a crude angular scroll pattern (fig. 55, d) 

 reminiscent of the Pica-pica rectangular scroll motif. 



Supports. — A number of unslipped pedestal bases decorated with vertical 

 lines or zones of jabbing punctation were recovered in Mound III (fig. 55, /, g). 

 In at least one case, enough of the vessel body was attached to indicate a red 

 slipped exterior; otherwise, total vessel shape and finish are unknown. Lothrop, 

 however, illustrates two vessels with pedestal bases of this sort, both open bowls 

 with vertical or slightly incurved sides. One, a buff ware vessel with two small 

 modeled heads and wings attached to the rim, is from the mouth of the Rio 

 Grande, Cocl6 (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 438). The other, again with effigy adornos 

 on the rim, is from Sond, Veraguas (Lothrop, 1950, fig. 49, c). 



Other supports in Red-buff ware included one hollow closed tube (leg?, handle?), 

 a few lugs with flattened bases, and a broad flaring pedestal base with four oval 

 perforations spaced equidistantly around the point of juncture with the vessel 

 body. 



Appendages. — Appendages include: applique "worms" and slashed 

 nodes on incurving open bowl rims and occasionally around handle bases (figs. 

 52, b, c; 56, a, b); "monkeys" on jar shoulders (fig. 56, e); "dragon heads" of 

 various kinds, some of which occurred on coUarless jar shoulders (fig. 56, c, d); 

 a "deer head," location unknown (fig. 56,/) ; "toad monsters" of typically Veraguas 

 type on jar shoulders and loop handles (fig. 56, g, h); and frog handles of the 

 Ortiga variety, but in plain red slip. As mentioned earlier, lizards are often 

 modeled on large loop handles of the cream or Red and White ware (fig. 51, a). 

 Unclassified Red-buflF ware. — Two vessels from Mound II, Find 15-2 and 

 Find 17-2 are treated here as unclassified largely because of the nature of the 

 paste which, though fired the usual brick red, was much more friable than that 

 of the general Red-buff wares and averaged only about 5 mm. thick. The collars 

 are rather straight with a flaring lip, bases are ring and about 16 cm. in diameter. 

 The vessels were too badly crushed for full restoration, so that the degree of body 

 globularity is unknown. Both were decorated with modeled circular bosses 

 (fig. 56, i, j) 6-8 cm. in diameter with appliqued "worms" and punctated "eyes." 

 I know of no other vessels like them, although the general style of plastic decoration 

 is reminiscent of Veraguas. Their chronological position is not clear, since the 

 only polychrome association, an Achote vessel in Find 17, is questionable. 



Cocl6 Red Ware 



Sample. — 171 sherds. 



Paste. — The temper is crushed rock and the light gray color to which 

 the paste is fired was considered as diagnostic of the ware in this study 

 (Munsell lOYR, 8/1 to 7/1-2). 



Shapes. — Forms noted at the El Hatillo site were open bowls with 



