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Radial Banded Lip are by far the most popular varieties in both 

 levels; of the total of 151 Aristide group sherds only 12 were decorated 

 on the exterior and could tentatively be classed as Escota type. 

 The sequence of this pit suggests that while the Macaracas type 

 was declining in popularity, the Giron type, Interior Banded variety 

 and Code Polychrome were gaining. In this instance, the Red 

 Daubed and Red Line wares appear more closely related to the 

 Macaracas type than to the Aristide group. 



Pit 2, another 2X2 meter test pit, located at the south end of 

 Trench 1, was also excavated in 25-cm. levels, of which the upper 

 two are the only ones with large enough polychrome samples to be 

 considered (Level 3 had 15 polychrome sherds) (chart 12). Gir6n 

 Polychrome is the dominant painted type (Interior Banded and 

 Radial Banded Lip are the main varieties; 21 sherds out of 137 total 

 Aristide group were of the Escota type. Black on Red variety). 

 The Aristide group and Red Daubed variety decrease from the 

 second to the first level, Azuero remains stable and Code and Red 

 Line gain. Within the Azuero complex, Macaracas type is again 

 dominant. El Hatillo is not represented, and the Parita type is 

 represented by a single Ortiga variety sherd. 



Trench 1 was a 20X2 meter cut laid out on a north-south axis in 

 the saddle between the two knolls and excavated, in some areas where 

 graves or pits were present, to a depth of 3 meters. The trench was 

 excavated in 50-cm. levels. Its sherd content was geneially restricted 

 to the upper two levels; Level 3, for example, had only 12 polychrome 

 sherds and Level 4 only 6. Gir6n Polychrome, Red Line type, and 

 Red Daubed variety are the dominant decorated types represented 

 in the trench (chart 13). Code and Red Daubed lose in popularity 

 from the second to the first level, while Azuero, Girdn, and Red Line 

 gain. Actually, Azuero types are represented in the second level by 

 only one sherd. In the first level, 23 percent of the Azuero sherds 

 are of the Parita type (YampI and Ortiga varieties) and none is 

 clearly assignable to the Macaracas type. A number of graves and 

 whole vessel finds were encountered in Trench 1 and will be discussed 

 later in the section devoted to grave associations. 



Trench 2 was a northern extension of Trench 1, 12 meters long, 

 which crossed the side of the northwest knoll and was carried down 

 to a depth of 1.75 meters (chart 13). In this area of the site, the 

 Azuero complex is by far the most popular of the decorated wares; 

 it comprised 55 percent of the 51 polychrome sherds in Level 2, and 

 58 percent of the 220 polychrome sherds in Level 1. Both Parita 

 and Macaracas types are represented, but Parita drops in popularity 

 from 18 percent of the Azuero sherds in Level 2, to 2 percent in Level 1, 

 while Macaracas increases from 21 percent in Level 2 to 66 percent 



