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370-3, 370-5, 370-6, 370-8-370-10. Six Red-buff collared jars, class "a"; 



diameters in 7-23 cm. range. 

 370-4. Red-buflf jar with two vertical loop handles. 

 Comment. This unit was in a small grave pit carved out of the gray-white 



rock and contained fragments of two adult skeletons. No further 



objects are noted for the unit, except for an ovoid stone celt. 

 Find 374. Located in North Ridge, Trench 10, at depth of 2.45 m.; 4.4 m. north; 



1.0 m. west. 

 374-1. Medium pedestal-based rattle plate, black on red; Cuipo variety, 



negative type design; diameter 18.5 cm. 

 374-2-374-7, 374-22-374-26. Eleven miniature pedestal plates; Cuipo and 



Pica-pica varieties, black on red, dull polychrome, negative dragons, 



claws in closed arcs, seed pods; diameters in 7.7-10 cm. range. 

 374-8-374-11, 374-37-374-45. Thirteen miniature Red-buff pedestal 



plates; diameter range 6.5-8 cm. 

 374-12-374-16, 374-27-374-29. Eight miniature collared jars; Cuipo and 



Pica-pica varieties, black on red; Find 374-12 is high angled shoulder 



jar with pear-shaped base; diameters in 5-7.5 cm. range. 

 374-17-374-19. Three Red-buff miniature straight-collared jars; diameter 



6-8 cm. 

 374-20. Miniature coUarless jar with horizontal loop handles; diameters 



5-7.5 cm. 



374-21. Medium Red-buff collared jar, class "a"; diameter 19-20 cm. 



374-30, 374-31. Two miniature deep bowls. Red-buff ; diameters 2.7 cm. 



374-32-374-36. Five miniature collared jars, class "a"; diameters in 5-7.5 

 cm. range. 



Comment. The main portion of the find unit was located in a small chambers 

 about 60 cm. high hollowed out of bedrock near the west wall of the trench. 

 The long bones of an adult were found with the vessels; no other 

 artifacts or significant features were noted. All of the polychrome 

 designs in this unit were executed in the dull finish technique of the 

 Cuipo variety, or the black on red technique, and they combined Cuipo 

 seed pods and negative dragons with Pica-pica split-square-face and 

 closed arc elements. All the vessels were so similar in paste and surface 

 appearance, including style of drawing, as to imply strongly that they 

 were executed by a single potter. 

 Single finds of Trench 10: 

 Find 353, Fragment of worked bone. 



