Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 147 



Smoked Buff Ware 



Sample. — 4 complete vessels (Finds 5-c, 6-a, 8-2, 9-4). 



Paste. — Fired a brown to red-brown color; crushed rock temper 

 both white and black. 



Form. — All three vessels were plain-based plates ranging from 

 17.5-20 cm. in diameter and relatively thick, about 0.8-1 cm. The 

 vessels have a dull polish and are covered with a light gray-brown 

 slip. One example (Find 6-a), more buff than smoked, has a rounded 

 Up. On the other three (Finds 5-c, 8-2, 9-4), one of which is gray 

 and two of which are brown, the upper surface of the lip is flattened 

 and the entire lip thickened (fig. 57,/). It is quite possible that these 

 three should be classified as Smoked ware. 



Sandy-buff Ware 



Sample. — 7 complete vessels (Finds 10-19, 10-20, 10-22 through 

 10-26). 



Paste. — Gritty paste with crushed rock temper fired to a gray and 

 brown color. 



Foim. — All the vessels are miniatures, either collared jars with 

 round bases, class "a," or globular jars with small orifices and short 

 straight collars, round bases; ahnost a bottle shape with short spouts 

 (fig. 57, k). Vessel walls are unevenly modeled and thin; 3 mm. 



Surface. — The surfaces are rough, gritty, unslipped, and a sandy 

 buff color. 



Geographic range. — Unknown. 



Chronological position. — Vessels were associated in Find Unit 10 

 with El Hatillo Polychrome, Jobo variety, bird jars and bottles. 



Relationships of type. — The nearest parallel for the collared shape 

 that I know of is the Early Code polychrome bottle shape (Lothrop, 

 1942, fig. 119) and the Pica-pica straight-collared jars or bottles with 

 constricted orifices. The class "a" collared jar is roughly similar to 

 others in its class although the orifice is larger than usual in proportion 

 to the body diameter. 



Bibliography. — None. 



STONE ARTIFACTS 



The worked-stone inventory for all the sites is meager, especially 

 at He-4 where the ceramic crafts are so elaborate and profuse. Celts, 

 polishers or rubbing stones, a point, a few possible scrapers, chisels, 

 and miscellaneous chips comprise the list. Materials are varied. 

 Basalt altering to serpentine, thus relatively easy to poUsh, was pre- 

 ferred for celts. Jasper and chert served for the flakes and point. 

 Various river pebbles, either of igneous or sedimentary rock, make 

 up the category of polishers or rubbing stones. The single metate 



