Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 247 



on the shoulder; height 55 cm.; diameter 55 cm.; collar is short and 



straight. 

 16-7. Rim fragments of an open bowl or dish, presumably pot cover; Red- 

 buff ware; red-slipped outer surface; diameter ca. 30 cm.; interior 



smoothed and polished light chocolate brown. 

 Comment. The urn contained the bones of one individual but no artifacts. 



No mention was made in the field notes of the pot cover. 

 Find 17. Located at a depth of 40 cm. in the southwest corner of Trench 2, 



apparently as part of Find 15. 

 17-1. Wingless bird effigy vessel, Achote variety. 

 17-2. Collared jar with ring base and modeled bosses, apparently duplicate 



of Find 15-2. 

 Comment. The oUa was inverted. No mention was made in the field 



notes of the Achote vessel, which was badly broken. According to 



field observations, the unit is probably part of Find 15. 

 Find 18. Located in Mound II, Trench 2; the top of the urn was 1.2 m. below 



the surface, just outside the main trench, at point 3.6 m. north. 

 18-1, 18-5. Two small collared jars (diameters 10-14 cm.); Red-buff ware, 



class "a" with unslipped collar exteriors. 

 18-2, 18-6. Two miniature ring-based plates (diameters 10-14 cm.) with 



slipped interiors and unslipped exteriors; Red-buff ware. 

 18-7, 18-8. Two small ring-based plates (diameters 10-10.5 cm.) of rough 



unslipped gray ware. 

 18-4. Red-buff dish (diameter 29 cm.; estimated 6 cm. deep); interior 



unslipped but smoothed; exterior has polished red slip; base missing; 



fragments probably represent the pot cover with crisscross handles 



mentioned in the field notes. 

 18-3. Straight-sided bottle with spout missing; surface design almost 



obliterated, apparently by heat; El Hatillo polychrome, El Hatillo 



variety. 

 18-9. Pedestal dish (diameter 28 cm.); Smoked ware; unmodified rim. 

 18-10. Burial oUa, class "e" with four vertical loop handles; base missing. 

 Comment. The burial urn contained two adult remains; the four small pots 



were found around its base. 

 Additional single vessel finds for Mound II: 



Find 11. A small, unslipped buff ware jar similar to Find 10-19. 

 Find 12. Bird eflSgy bottle, diameter 11 cm.; atypical Jobo variety. 

 Find 13. Bone point. 



MOUND III 



Find 19. Located in Mound III, Trench 3 ; at depth of 15 cm . ; north 10.4 m. ; west 

 1.0 m. 

 19. Red-buff collared jar, class "a"; diameter 20.5 cm. 

 19-a. Calabaza variety bottle; diameter 15 cm. 

 Find 21. Located in Mound III, Trench 4; 1.3 m. north; in east profile. 

 21. El Hatillo variety globular bird jar. 



Comment. Field notes describe the find unit as "A bird eflBgy jar, painted, 

 a black pedestal based bowl, a red bottle." The second two vessels 

 were not present in the collection nor could photographs or further 

 description of them be located. 

 Find 22. Located in Mound III, Trench 4, at depth of 1.0 m.; north 1.60 m.; 

 west 2.0 m. 

 22-1. El Hatillo variety globular bird bowl; diameter 17.5 cm. 



