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Red or Red/Buff Ware 



In addition to the collared jars and constricted-orifice collarless 

 jars mentioned in connection with the Azuero ceramic group, five 

 vessels (Finds 14-a, 14-6, 24-7, 24-10, and 24-16) of plain red ware 

 but of a distinctive chalice shape were found (fig. 65,/). These may 

 be described as subglobular jars on short pedestal bases with high 

 straight collars on which are appended, near the rim, three pairs of 

 equidistant vertical nodes, each of which has three or four deep im- 

 pressions. Of the vessel exterior surface only the body is red slipped 

 and polished; both the pedestal base and the collar are unslipped and 

 roughly finished. However, the collar or neck interior is red slipped 

 and polished and, in at least one case (Find 24-7), the interior body 

 base is also red slipped and polished. Heights range from 11 to 16 

 cms. 



Two vessels from He-1 which were red-slipped both on their ex- 

 teriors and interiors, were Finds 24-2 and 29. The former is a medi- 

 um-sized (diameter 15 cms.; height 10 cms.) insloping bowl with an 

 ummodified lip and a plain base. The latter is the rim fragment of an 

 open bowl (diameter estimated at 17.5 cms.) with an obliquely flat- 

 tened lip slanting downward and toward the interior in a fashion 

 similar to that of Finds 45-6, 24-13, 21, and 21-c. 



In addition, two plates (Finds 3 and 4) with rounded lips, plain 

 bases, and no decoration other than a red slip on the upper surfaces, 



were recovered. 



Buff Ware 



A plain crudely modeled buff open bowl (Find 44-c) with rounded 

 base and a lip which curls inward sHghtly to overhang the interior 

 was recovered in Trench 5. It is of small to medium size (diameter 

 15 cms.; height 7 cms.) and has no direct counterpart at the site. A 

 large, Hght buff, deep, open bowl (Find 14-i) with a ring base and a 

 thickened lip which curls in a similar fashion to that of Find 44-c 

 was also found. Its diameter is 38 cms., and its height is 22.5 cms. 



Additional buff vessels from He-1 included: 



Find 2. — A small incomplete buff jar or bottle, the collar or neck 

 of which is missing. Surface is rough and eroded. Maximum diam- 

 eter is 11 cms. An especially rough circular area on the shoulder 

 appears to indicate the place of attachment of a lug or vertical loop 

 handle. 



Find 21 -a. — A medium-sized, plain-based, buff-slipped plate or 

 shallow dish with a rounded lip (diameter 16.5 cms.; height 4 cms.). 



Find 43-a. — A small, roughly finished buff jar with collar missing 

 and a rounded base. The diameter is 8.5 cms. and the height is 8 • 



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