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crushed white rock and sand with occasional hematite particles. 

 Hardness rates at about 4 on Mohs' scale. Thickness ranges from 

 5-9 mm. with an average of about 7 mm. The paste is distinguish- 

 able from the Aristide group wares by the presence of more sand in 

 its temper, and its slightly harder surface, redder firing, and relative 

 thinness. 



Shapes. — Forms included those found at the El Hatillo site, e.g.: 

 globular or subglobular constricted orifice jars with unmodified hps 

 and often with loop handles horizontally placed on the shoulders; 

 globular or subglobular jars with collars that are generally short and 

 out-curved; smaU open bowls; and plates or shallow open bowls. 



Bases recovered which may belong to any or all of these forms in- 

 clude ring and pedestal forms. Both tall (15 cms.) and short (3 cms.) 

 pedestal bases were recovered. At the El Hatillo site most of the jars, 

 collared or collarless, had round unmodified bases, and the ring and 

 pedestal bases (with the exception of a few pedestal bowls and pedestal 

 effigy bowls) were Hmited to the plate and shallow open bowl forms. 



Surface. — Surfaces are well smoothed, but do not have a polished 

 appearance despite the noticeable marks of a polishing stone. Gener- 

 ally the entire exterior surface is red sHpped except for the handles, 

 collar, and often the base. Sfip color corresponds to Maerz and Paul, 

 "tawny," plate 13, D-10. 



Appendages.- — ^Appendages include most prominently loop handles 

 horizontally placed on the shoulder just below the rim. These are 

 usually unshpped. A very few of these were of the roped variety. 

 Occasionally plain loop handles (as distinct from the rope form) were 

 decorated with dash punctations. Somewhat flattened loop handles 

 also occurred on plates as an extension of the rim. Several high, 

 narrow strap handles (or legs) were also recovered, but these were not 

 as common as the loop shoulder handle. 



Additional appendages include horizontal flanges (rounded tri- 

 angular shape when viewed from above) placed just below the rim, 

 lugs with grooves and deep incision, crudely done untapered spouts, 

 squarish nodes placed just below the rim on incurved wall bowls, and 

 small buttonlike nodes, also placed just below the rim on incurved 

 waU bowls. 



Geographical range.— The type thus far appears hmited to the Parita 

 area occurring at He-4, He-8, and at the additional sites in the Parita 

 Bay area fisted for the La Mula Complex (Wifley and McGimsey, 

 1954, p. 113). 



Chronological position. — Herrera Phase and possibly the Late Code 

 Phase. 



Relationships of type. — As discussed on page 22, 1 befieve the type is 

 so similar to the Red-buff ware of the La Mula Complex that the 



