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associations. These include two red slip chalices, a number of Red 

 Daubed wide-mouthed collared jars, a Red Line Patterned and 

 Modeled specimen, and a Smoked ware Platanillo variety bowl. 



Bm4als 2 and 4 (the former adult, the latter a female or adolescent), 

 with associated long bones, were close together with a small chipped 

 and polished stone ax between the two skulls. Definitely associated 

 with these were Finds 24-23 through 24-27 which include a Red 

 Daubed incensario, a Red Daubed strap-handled collared jar, two 

 Red Line Pito variety vessels, and a Red Line Patterned and 

 Modeled collared jar. Probably associated with these particular 

 skeletons were Finds 24-13 through 24-15 and 24-18 through 24-22, 

 which include a Red Daubed incensario, a definite Early Period 

 Code shallow dish (illustrated in Stirling, 1949, p. 376, bottom row 

 center) with turtle god design (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 91, a), two prob- 

 able Early Code Polychrome shallow bowls or plates, an Early Period 

 Black-on-red ware shallow dish, and a White-and-black-on-red ware 

 pear-shaped bowl with incurving rim and the closed arc design so com- 

 mon on Macaracas type vessels. 



The third burial, a semiflexed adult skeleton with a copper nose 

 ornament, five chipped stone celts, and some clamshells, was found 

 with a red slip chalice and an unclassified bowl (Find 24-17) in 

 association. 



Fragments of two incomplete vessels (Finds 24-28, 24-29) were also 

 present, both Smoked ware open bowls or dishes, one of the Platanillo 

 variety and the other of the Venado Beach Incised variety. Oc- 

 casional pieces of bu*d bones were found with the burials of Find Unit 

 24. 



Find 24, then, provides a number of associations of unmistakably 

 Early Period Code polychromes with other types (including Red 

 Line, Pito variety. Red Line Patterned and Modeled, the Red ware 

 chalice, and the Smoked ware Platanillo variety dish), some of which 

 are associated with Late Period polychromes in other Finds at the 

 same site. Although it is true that Find 18, with its Late Period 

 polychromes, and Find 24 were situated close together in the trench 

 with the consequent possibility that some of the vessels of Find 24 

 may belong to Find 18, there seems no reason to doubt the validity of 

 the ceramic associations of Find 24, Burial 1, since these vessels were 

 found clearly grouped around the skeleton. Thus, at the very least, 

 there is one definite instance of an Early Period Code Polychrome 

 (Find 24-1) associated in a grave lot with the Red ware chalice. Smoked 

 ware, Platanillo variety, and Red Line Patterned and Modeled. 



Find Unit 25 is a cache comprised of two Azuero group Delgado 

 Red type vessels. One is a class "c" collared jar, the other a collarless 

 jar with loop handles. No polychrome vessels or other artifacts were 

 associated. 



