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group (represented almost entirely by Macaracas type sherds) is 

 restricted to this strata but represents 3.19 percent of the total. 

 The Aristide group, while maintaining a percentage of around 15 

 percent in the lower portion of the upper strata, is most heavily 

 represented (22.37 percent) in the second or brown sandy layer. In 

 the third layer it ranges from about 16-19 percent in the two lowest 

 significant (in terms of total sherd numbers) levels, at 150-170 cms. 

 Within the Aristide group, the frequencies of the two types, Girdn 

 and Escota, parallel each other in gross distribution from top to 

 bottom of the pit, especially if one ignores levels below 170 cms. 

 where total sherd counts fall below 100. More Gir6n sherds (846) 

 were found than Escota (658). 



There is some suggestion (chart 9) that the Banded Lip variety 

 was relatively more popular in the upper levels than was the Interior 

 Banded (both of the Gir6n type). In total number of sherds for the 

 pit, the Banded Lip variety is represented by 590 as against 256 for 

 the Interior Banded. Within the Escota type. Black-on-buff with 

 313 sherds is followed in frequency by Black Crosshatched (192 

 sherds). Black-on-red (141 sherds), and by a negligible amount (12 

 sherds) of the Black Chevron variety. With regard to the temporal 

 pattern of these varieties, it is difficult to draw specific conclusions 

 except to point out that the Black-on-buff variety maintains rela- 

 tively high frequencies in all three main strata, whereas Black Cross- 

 hatched and Black-on-red both have their highest proportions in the 

 second and third strata below the surface. 



It may be worth noting that within the Gir6n type Banded Lip 

 variety, the Radial Banded subvariety was the most heavily repre- 

 sented (173 sherds for the pit) followed by Black Banded (114 sherds). 

 Scalloped (112 sherds), Circumbanded (91 sherds) and Crosshatched 

 (82 sherds). Temporally, the Radial Banded and Black Banded 

 were relatively more popular in the middle and upper levels, Cross- 

 hatched in the upper levels. Scalloped in the lower levels, and Cir- 

 cumbanded in the middle and lower levels. 



The Red Daubed variety maintained between 2 and 3 percent of 

 the total sherds evenly throughout the pit. 



Sherds with plastic decoration tend to be more heavily represented 

 in the middle and lower levels of the pit with the exception of the 

 Rough Scored examples which are well represented in the upper levels 

 and attain higher frequencies there than in the lower levels (see chart 

 10). Of the five kinds of decoration separately recorded. Reed Punc- 

 tation is clearly in the minority and occurs only in the uppermost 

 50 cms. of the pit. The others, with the exception of rough scoring 

 as noted above, are distributed randomly. 



Pit 2, another 3-meter square pit carried to a depth of 2.20 meters 



