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ARISTIDE GROUP POLYCHROMES 



The Aristide group at He-1 was represented almost entirely by the 

 Gir6n type; only 51 Escota type sherds were recovered and 20 of 

 these are of questionable identifications. Of the remainder, however, 

 29 are fairly typical examples of the Black-on-red variety and 2 are 

 equally typical of the Crosshatch variety. No complete Escota 

 vessels were found. 



Within the Gir6n type, the Interior Banded variety had the highest 

 frequency in all three excavation units containing a significant num- 

 ber of Aristide Group sherds (charts 12 and 13) and increased in 

 frequency from lower to upper levels as the Banded Lip variety 

 declined. One complete Interior Banded variety vessel (Find 8-a), 

 a small (diameter 11 cm.) open bowl with a rounded base and a 

 ski-tip lip, was recovered. 



Although the pottery at He-1 assigned to the Gir6n type is, I 

 believe, sufficiently similar in paste, shape, surface color, and design 

 to the varieties at the Gir6n site to be treated as an extension of them, 

 certain peculiarities should be noted. First, the vessels at He-1 are 

 generally thinner-walled (thickness for the Interior Banded ranged 

 from 6-8 mm.) and tend toward the lower size limit for the type. 

 Although a few Banded Lip variety sherds at He-1 indicate a vessel 

 diameter of 42 cms., most of them fall within the 20-30 cms. range. 

 Those of the Interior Banded are fragments of vessels with estimated 

 diameters between 12-24 cms. Second, in addition to the usual rim 

 types illustrated for the vessels at the Gir6n site, the ski-tip rim 

 (figs. 59, s, and 61, b) is a common type, particularly on bowls with 

 circumferential banding. Third, the shade of red slip falls at the 

 darker pole of the range of variation for the type at the Gir6n site. 

 The slip is not only thicker, but normally covers the entire vessel 

 except for the extreme basal portion of the exterior. Thus the thin, 

 washlike appearance and the buff unslipped areas characteristic of 

 many of the vessel exteriors at the Gir6n site are seldom present at 

 He-1. Fourth, design elements occur at He-1 and He-2 which were 

 not present at the Gir6n site. These include the scroU (fig. 60, c), 

 and a serpent motif (fig. 60, b). Circumferential banding below and 

 parallel to the lip (fig. 60, e), although present at the Gir6n site, is 

 much more common at both He-1 and He-2, often with a row of black 

 dots appended to the lowest band, and constituted the only decorative 

 motif of the Giron type at He-4. 



MISCELLANEOUS TYPES 



Red Line Type 

 red daubed variett 

 Vessels of this variety, provisionally described by WUley and 



