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SCALLOPED SUBVARIETY 



Sample. — 133 sherds 



Paste. — Same as previous subvarieties. 



Shapes. — Moderately deep bowls almost always with an unthickened or 

 slightly thickened rim and a horizontally flattened lip (fig. 59, n) . Various types 

 of flange (fig. 59, o-r) occur rarely as do occasional "ski-tip" lips (fig. 59, s). One 

 example with a horizontal pointed projection (fig. 59, j, j) was found. 



Surface. — The surface treatment is the same as the previous subvarieties except 

 that the painted decoration is in the form of a black band on the inner edge of 

 the lip with lobes extending outward giving a scalloped effect (pi. 13, d). 



CHEVRON UP SUBVARIETY 



Sample. — 3 sherds. 



Paste. — ^Same as the previous subvarieties. 



Shapes. — Deep bowls with everted lips. 



Surface. — Same as the previous subvarieties except for the decoration which 

 consists of shallow, three or four line chevrons with the apex pointing outward, as 

 in figure 60, d. 



Geographical Range. — Sherds of this variety have been recovered 

 in the Parita area (He-1, He-2, He-4) and at Sitio Conte (Lothrop, 

 1942, figs. 234, 239, a; Ladd, 1957) as well as at Venado Beach on 

 large bowls with everted lips (Peabody Mus. cat. No. 15-25-20/20- 

 29-6 and other vessels). It is probable that a more detailed study 

 of both varieties of the Gir6n type would allow a clearer and more 

 stable division of the varieties with a resultant clarification of their 

 temporal and geographical distribution. At the present time, how- 

 ever, one can make the broad statement that open bowls with black 

 geometric designs over a red, buff, or buff -white slip on the flattened 

 lip occur from the Panama Canal Zone to the base of the Azuero 

 Peninsula and possibly over a considerable span of time. I know of 

 no examples in Veraguas or further west and north. 



Chronological position. — As indicated above, the chronological posi- 

 tion is still vague. Vessels which could be assigned to this variety 

 occurred in both Late Period (Grave 26) and Early Period (Grave 2) 

 graves at Sitio Conte (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 234). Aristide group sherds, 

 including those of the present variety, underlay and, to some extent, 

 overlapped Code polychrome in Trench 11 at the same site (Ladd, 

 1957). At He-1 and He-2, sherds of both Gir6n type varieties were 

 recovered, but the stratigraphic relationship to Code and Azuero 

 types is confusing. Within the tj^pe, however, the relationship be- 

 tween the two varieties at He-1 was consistent. In all three relevant 

 excavation units the Banded Lip variety dropped in frequency from 

 the lower to the upper levels and the Interior Banded variety increased 

 in relative popularity from lower to upper. This relationship is the 

 reverse of that holding at the Gir6n site, although the indications at 

 the latter are not as definite as at He-1. 



Stratigraphic conditions at He-2 did not warrant analysis. How- 



