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in Level 1. Parita type is represented by the Yampi and Ortiga 

 varieties, Macaracas by the Pica-pica variety. Code, Gir6n, and 

 Red Daubed and Red Line all are, at most, 6 percent or under in 

 both levels and thus of negligible proportions. 



On the basis of the above, one can only say that it is difficult to 

 draw valid conclusions concerning the relative chronologies of the 

 various types considered. The Gu-6n type, the dominant type in 

 three of the four stratified excavation units, increases in popularity 

 from lower to upper levels in Pit 1 and Trench 1, decreases in Pit 2, 

 and is present in inconclusive numbers in Trench 2. This increase 

 in frequency in the more recently deposited levels in two of the four 

 excavation units is at variance with the results of the Co-2 excava- 

 tions where the Aristide group as a whole was clearly earlier than the 

 Code and Azuero polychromes, and serves to highlight, if true, the 

 continued popularity of the Gir6n type beyond the Santa Maria Phase. 



It should be noted that even here the Escota type makes up as 

 much as 15 percent of the total Aristide group sherds in Pit 2, 8 per- 

 cent of those in Pit 1, and 7 percent of those in Trench 1 (total Escotd 

 sherds for these pits is 48, see charts 12 and 13). Within the Girdn 

 type, as represented in these three excavations, there is a consistent 

 pattern with regard to the varieties. Thus, the Interior Banded 

 variety gains in frequency in the upper level in all three cases, while 

 the Banded Lip decreases in all instances. This finding disagrees with 

 the vague tendency at the Giron site for the Banded Lip variety to 

 show higher frequencies in the upper levels relative to the Interior 

 Banded. 



Code polychrome increases in frequency from lower to upper 

 levels in Pit 1 and Pit 2, decreases in Trench 1 and, like the Gir6n 

 type, is present in negligible amounts in Trench 2. The Azuero 

 group increases in frequency from lower to upper levels in Trench 1, 

 is stable in Pit 2, and decreases in Pit 1. In Trench 2 it is by far the 

 dominant polychrome, but, contrary to the findings at He-4, the 

 Macaracas type increases in the upper levels here while the Parita 

 type decreases. The Red Line type and Red Daubed variety also 

 show conflicting trends in the different stratigraphic units. 



It is clear, however, from gross frequencies that the Gir6n type and 

 Red Line type. Red Daubed variety, were the most popular decorated 

 wares at the site, a conclusion reinforced by the unstratified sherd lots 

 (chart 14) although in some cases the Azuero proportion is higher. 

 It should be noted that the Trench 3 material, and probably that of 

 Pit 9 also, was a selected sample. 



