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ranges from 5-8 mm. The chronological position of this type is 

 unknown and I have been unable to find examples from other sites. 

 The closest similarity noted in the literature (and it is not very close) 

 would be two vessels from Sitio Conte Grave 37 (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 

 290, a and b), an undated grave. 



White-and-Black-on-Red Ware 



This type which occurred at Sitio Conte (Lothrop, 1942, figs. 287, 

 288, and 289) is represented at He-1 by only one complete vessel 

 (pi. 12, a) (Find 24-14), an open bowl with incurved rim and some- 

 what pointed base. The vessel is fairly large (diameter 33 cms. ; height 

 18 cms.) and has a rounded lip. Decoration consists of a panel of 

 closed arcs in white paint running around the upper shoulder of the 

 vessel and separated by an undulating black band which is bordered 

 in white. These black bands terminate in frog or turtle legs. Un- 

 fortunately, the design opposing these, presmnably a head or face, 

 is missing. The shape then, is quite sunilar to the Early Period 

 Grave 14 vessel of Sitio Conte figure 287 (Lothrop, 1942) without 

 the modeled portions, and its closest similarity to the He-4 material 

 would be with the Macaracas type closed arc design. 



El Tigre Plain 



All of the 31 sherds of El Tigre Plain, many of them from the same 

 vessel, were found in the topmost level of Pits 1 and 2; 15 sherds 

 from the former and 16 from the latter. Most of these, in both pits, 

 were from thick-walled (1.5 cm.), deep, open bowls with large, plain, 

 horizontal lugs just below the rim (pi. 17, a, b, and e). The surface 

 color of these was a cream buff. A few sherds from vessels of the 

 same basic shape were thinner (1 cm.), with red-buff surfaces and 

 notched lugs (pi. 17, c, d, and g). 



UNCLASSIFIED SINGLE VESSELS 



Find 5. — A large open bowl with a somewhat pointed rounded base 

 and ski-tip lip. Interior and most of the exterior are covered with 

 a purpUsh red slip which easily washes off. Diameter is 40 cms.; 

 height is 14 cms. 



Find 8.- — A small open bowl with slightly incurving sides and a 

 flattened base. The rim is broadened at the lip to form an interior 

 flange and is flattened at an obUque angle slanting inward and down- 

 ward. Traces of white slip occur on both the exterior and the upper 

 lip where there is also a faint indication of black radial Unes. 

 Otherwise the surface is buff. Diameter of the vessel is 9.5 cms.; 

 height is 4 cms. 



Find 15. — A high collared jar with a ring base and an exterior 



