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ware spouted jars. Maximum diameter was 17-18 cms. and total 

 height (to rim, not spout tip which extends upward another 1.5 cms.) 

 was estimated at 16.5 cms. The open bowl or dish (Find 11-2) with 

 a diameter of 27 cms. and a height of 7.5 cms. was ring based and had 

 a "drooping lip," The upper or interior surface and the lip exterior 

 were covered with a soft red slip (hardness rating of 2 or less on Mohs' 

 scale) ; the rest of the exterior was unslipped and retained the orange- 

 buff color of the paste. The paste had a light gray core. 



ARISTIDE GROUP 



All 29 sherds of this group were classified as Gir6n type within which 

 16 were Interior Banded and 13 were Banded Lip. Two Banded Lip 

 open bowls were recovered (Finds 1-a and 2-6). One had eared pro- 

 jections from the rim and both were marked with radially arranged 

 parallel black lines on the lip. Find 1-a had a diameter of 11 cms., and 

 Find 2-6 an estimated diameter of 36 cms. Two additional complete 

 or almost complete Gir6n type Interior Banded variety vessels were 

 recovered. Finds 5-a and 8. Find 5-a, 28 cms. in diameter by 12 cms. 

 high, is an open bowl with rounded base and a ski-tip lip. Decoration 

 consists of a series of black bands running horizontally around the 

 interior of the bowl from just below the lip to about 4 cms. below the 

 lip. Black-banded scroll and V-elements depend from the lowest of 

 these bands (fig. 60, c; pi. 10, a). Find 8 (diameter 30 cms., height 

 9.5 cms.) has the same shape and rim band decorations, but the 

 base interior bears a black undulating band or snake design bordered 

 on either side by panels of crosshachure (fig. 60, b; pi. 10, 6). 

 These scroll and serpent design elements were not apparent at the 

 Gir6n site, and the other peculiarities in the type noted for the He-1 

 site concerning size, ski-tip rim, and slip characteristics, apply to the 

 type as it occurs at He-2. 



AZUERO GROUP POLYCHROME 



Ten sherds, seven of which were classified as faded black-on-white 

 and could just as easily be placed in the Code group, one classified as 

 Azuero miscellaneous, and two classified as Cocle-like. Distinctive 

 shapes were not evident. 



MISCELLANEOUS TYPES 



Smoked Ware 



This type is represented by a very few sherds, even if one includes 

 some of those classified as Buff, no more than foiu" or five at the most, 

 but seven complete or almost complete Smoked ware vessels were 

 recovered. Two examples of the PlataniUo variety (Finds 4-e and 



