Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 153 



shapes; thus probably post Late Code. The same Red-buff bottle 

 shape, however, was found associated with Cuipo and Pica-pica 

 varieties in Find 369. Fragments of a carved bone baton present in 

 Find 377 are reminiscent of Find 10 with its Jobo variety ceramics. 



Secondary urn burials (Finds 10, 14, 16, and 346) are associated 

 with Pica-pica variety polychrome in one case, and in others with 

 varieties of the El Hatillo type. Other secondary burials (not crema- 

 tions) were represented by Fmds 359, 368, 370, 372, 374, and 381, 

 three of which contained Macaracus type polychromes. 



Many of the burials were multiple, sometimes combining adults 

 and children, a practice found both with urn burials and cremation. 

 Find 10 contained the bodies of 15 individuals, at least 2 of whom were 

 infants, Find 377 had 4 cremated bodies among which 1 adult and 1 

 child were recognizable, and Finds 372 and 370 each consisted of 2 

 adult skulls. This custom of partial burial was also indicated by 

 Find 374 which contained the long bones of an adult, but no skull. 

 Ollas 2 and 3 of Find 10 were crammed with bones but contained 

 mandibles without calvaria. 



Other noteworthy burial associations include the human tooth 

 necklaces of Find 10 (Jobo Polychrome variety), Finds 14 and 347, 

 and the carved bone batons of Finds 10, 348, and 377 (pi. 1, a-c). 

 In addition, the practice of placing vessels in the ground in an in- 

 verted position was present in Finds 10 and 15-17. Vessels were 

 found inside each other in Finds 5, 6, 8, and 9, and pottery covers 

 were found in place in Find 10 and possibly Find 14. 



Thus, the material remains at He-4 represent a cultiu-e or cultures 

 in existence during the Late Code Phase at Sitio Conte and probably 

 later. The inhabitants practiced agriculture, possessed highly- 

 developed skills in ceramics, stone and bone jewelry, and metal 

 work, practiced cremation, and erected burial mounds in which they 

 placed their dead in urns or in other secondary burial forms. 



