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VENADO BEACH INCISED VARIETY 



Although represented at this site by only two examples (Finds 21-g 

 and 24-29) and at He-2 by only one example, the particular combina- 

 tion of shape and surface treatment appears stable enough and fre- 

 quent enough at Venado Beach to warrant varietal status. Find 21-g 

 (fig. 65, e) is a shallow pedestaled bowl with an everted and horizontally 

 flattened lip on which are incised a number of circiunferential grooves 

 and a series of dashes. The shoulder is fluted and the surface color is 

 dark brown with reddish tinges apparent in some areas. The diameter 

 is 22.5 cms. and the bowl height is 7.5 cms. (pedestal missing). This 

 vessel is practically duplicated (except for size variation) by three 

 vessels from Venado Beach (Peabody Mus. cat. Nos. 51-25-20/20704, 

 51-25-20/20308, and 51-25-20/20851). Find 24-29 consisted of frag- 

 ments of a vessel similar but without the fluting on the shoulder, and 

 Find 5-b at He-2, with a complete short pedestal, is similar in all 

 respects including size. Although the one complete pedestal present 

 at He-2 was unperf orated, several of the examples at Venado Beach 

 had rectangular or square apertures. An exotic shape probably 

 assignable to the same variety is illustrated from Los Santos (Lothrop, 

 1942, fig. 459, b, h'). 



Other miscellaneous shapes in the Smoked ware type represented 

 at the site by one vessel each include a small open bowl with a ring 

 base and a horizontally flattened lip (Find 2l-d; diameter 14 cms.), a 

 miniature ring-based plate with unmodified lip (Find 24-12), and a 

 collared, unfluted, and spouted jar (Find 44-c?; 10 cms. in diameter). 

 Similar Smoked ware spouted jars (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 325) were 

 recovered at Sitio Conte in Early Period graves, although the shape in 

 other wares there was generally more characteristic of the Late 

 Period (ibid., p. 162). 



PiNILLA BlACK-LiNE-ON-ReD 



Classification of this type (pi. 11, c, d) is based entirely on three 

 complete vessels (Finds 7, 10, and 20-a) and one additional complete 

 vessel (Find 49) on which all decoration has disappeared, but which 

 is assigned to this group because of its shape. All four examples are 

 subglobular collared jars with rounded bases of medium size (diameter 

 16-23 cms., height 11-17 cms.). Orifices range from constricted (one 

 quarter of total diameter) to medium-sized (about one half of total 

 diameter) and collars are characteristically straight with an out- 

 ward flare. Decoration consists of relatively narrow black lines ap- 

 plied in geometric patterns (concentric circles or squares) on the 

 upper shoulder or shoulder and neck of the vessel. Ground color is- 

 a red slip. The painting is uneven and sloppy. 



Paste is fired a brick red, except for a gray core, and thickness 



