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latter should be subsumed within the former. In addition, Delgado 



Red shares collared jar and collarless constricted-orifice jar forms with 



the Gir6n Red variety. 



Bibliography: — ^Willey and Stoddard, 1954, and Willey and Mc- 



Gimsey, 1954. 



STONE ARTIFACTS 



Worked stone at He-8 is limited to a celt, a lag fragment, and two 

 mano fragments. The celt is of the pointed poU variety with flattened 

 oval cross section and measures roughly 9X5X2.5 cm. Polishing 

 is confined to the blade and some outstanding areas of the body. The 

 lag fragment resembles a celt, in the early stages of manufacture 

 before poHshing, with the cutting edge broken off. The surface is 

 very rough, but there are no signs of battered or pecked areas. 



Of the mano fragments, the larger one appears to be the broken 

 end of an oblong tool 8 cm. wide and 4 cm. thick ^vith a flattened 

 oval cross section. It is made of granite and both sides are worn. 

 The second, smaller, fragment exhibits a rounded edge and a worn 

 and flattened surface on one side; the remaining surfaces are rough. 



SUMMARY 



The Delgado site, He-8, is a shallow habitation site with exclusively 

 Azuero group pottery and thus a period of occupation apparently 

 limited to the Late Code and Herrera phases. Mano fragments and 

 marine shells in the refuse suggest a subsistence dependence on corn 

 and shellfish. Since no graves or caches were recovered, the site 

 adds nothing to our knowledge of ceremonial practices for the phases 

 concerned. 



