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flange just below the horizontally flattened lip. The upper half of 

 the vessel exterior is covered with an orange-pink shp over which 

 black horizontal bands and an open Crosshatch pattern have been 

 arranged. The lower half is red slipped. Diameter is 13.5 cms.; 

 height is 16.5 cms. (See pi. 12, b.) 



Find 20-6. — A medium-sized open bowl (diameter 15 cms.; height 

 7 cms.) which is sunilar in shape to Find 2l-d, with a ring base and a 

 modified gutter rim. Vessel was buff slipped, then red slipped with 

 black bands placed transversely on the lip as ticking. 



Find 21-b. — A flat medium-sized plate (diameter 19 cms.; height 

 2.5 cms.) with a plain base, rounded lip, and somewhat upcurved 

 rim. A red overslip covers the interior, lip, and about 2 cms. of the 

 outer rim; otherwise the vessel is buff slipped. 



Find 24-17. — A wide mouthed jar (diameter 18 cms.; height 11.5 

 cms.) with a round base and short, straight collar. Two flattened 

 lugs jut out horizontally from opposite shoulders of the vessel. Most 

 of the vessel is buff slipped, but a broad red band encircles it just 

 below the lugs, and a narrower one runs around the lip. The vessel 

 is similar in shape to Find 377, He-4. 



STONE ARTIFACTS 



Metates. — Two complete metates, both of the table type, were re- 

 covered at He-1. The first, a simple table type (pis. 22, a, b, 23, a) 

 with a slightly concave platform and three unadorned conical legs, 

 two flush with the sides and one along the center axis but well inside 

 the edge, measured 52 cms. long by 42 cms. wide by 14 cms. high. 

 The legs are flattened at the tips and slant inward toward the center 

 of the platform. Platform edges are flattened and beveled. This 

 specimen was associated in Find 14 with Late Code Phase poly- 

 chromes. Combining this with the evidence at He-2, it is apparent 

 that the simple table type metate extended at least through both 

 Code phases. The second metate, associated in Find 49 with a 

 probable Pinilla Black-line-on-red jar, is considerably more ornate 

 (pi. 23, b). The slightly concave platform is rectangular with rounded 

 corners and flattened and beveled edges. Three tall (height 22.5 

 cms.) legs support the platform which measures 46.5X35 cms. 

 The latter 's underside is decorated with 13 stone "rings" resembling 

 birds' heads attached to the platform by neck and beak. A lizard in 

 low relief is also present on one side. 



Manos. — None. Two smoothed, rounded, and flattened pieces of 

 sandstone were found in the top level of Trench 2. Because of their 

 shape and softness, however, T believe that they probably were used" 

 for poUshing rather than grinding. 



Celts. No definite beveled-edge or ovoid celts were found at He-1 ; 



