Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 259 



Find 20. Unit located in Trench 3; 55 cms. deep. 



20-a. Collared jar, red slipped, with black line decoration on shoulder like 



Find 10 and Find 7; plain base; diameter estimated at 22 cms.; height 

 15.5 cms.; Pinilla Black-line-on-red. 

 20-6. Ring based, slightly incurved sided bowl, 15 cms. in diameter and 7 



ems. high; fugitive red slip over buff; general shape is close to that of 



Find 8, except for base; lip is somewhat flattened and interior flanged. 

 Find 21. Cache unit located in Trench 3; 40-90 cms. in depth. 



21-a. Buff dish or shallow bowl, unmodified base and rim; diameter 16.5 



cms.; height 4 cms. 

 21-6. Red/Buff flat plate with a shghtly upcurved rim, a rounded lip and 



unmodified base; interior, lip, and upper 2 cms. of exterior are red 



slipped; rest of exterior is buff; diameter 19 cms.; height 2.5 cms.; 



unclassified as to type or variety. 

 21-c. Wide-mouthed collared jar with two vertically placed strap handles 



on shoulder; diameter 19 cms., height 12 cms.; Red Daubed, with 



irregular lines or drips running vertically (Red Line type, Red Daubed 



variety). 

 21-d. Smoked ware bowl with roughly vertical sides and ring base, and a 



horizontally flattened rim; diameter 14 cms.; height 5 cms.; Smoked 



ware. 

 21-e. Red Daubed incensario with fishtail handle; diameter of bowl sec- 

 tion is 25 cms.; height of bowl is 6 cms.; height of handle is 13.5 cms. 

 21-/. Large collared jar with high, almost straight collar, high rounded 



shoulder, a somewhat pointed base and two vertically placed strap 



handles on shoulder; diameter estimated at 42 cms.; height estimated 



25-30 cms.; Red Line ware type. Red Daubed variety; decoration is 



drip type. 

 21-^. Pedestal bowl with fluted shoulder, broad, flattened and incised lip; 



Smoked ware Venado Beach Incised; diameter 22.5 cms.; height of 



bowl only is 7.5 cms.; base missing. 

 21-h. Large ring-based open bowl with modified gutter rim; diameter 35 



cms.; height estimated at 10-12 cms.; Smoked ware, Platanillo variety. 

 Finds 22-23. Unit (cache) located in Trench 3, depth 1.05-1.25. 



22. Collared jar with four vertical loop handles on shoulder and plain base; 



diameter 14 cms.; height 13 cms.; Red Line type; Pito variety. 

 23-a. Wide-mouthed collared jar, buff colored, possibly slipped; diameter 



14.5 cms.; height 10 cms.; unfinished Red Daubed. 

 23-6. Open bowl with ring base and modified gutter rim on oblique angle; 



diameter 22.5 cms.; height 7.5 cms.; smoked ware, Platanillo variety. 

 23-c. Collared jar with unmodified base and medium-sized orifice; diameter 



10 cms.; height 8 cms.; diameter of orifice interior is 6.7 cms.; four 



groups of vertical red lines on body; Red Line, Patterned and Modeled. 

 23-d. Small effigy jar, reverse flare collar, human or monkey face, purple 



line decoration around neck, rim, and face contour; diameter 11 cms.; 



height 10.5 cms; Red Line type, Patterned and Modeled variety. 

 23-e. Polychrome plate with ring base; Code Polychrome "bird-which- 



looks-back" pattern with central dividing panel of alternate colored 



chevrons; probably Early Period Code. 

 Comment. Field notes suggest that Finds 22 and 23 belong together since 



they were situated in close proximity in the same fill. 

 Find 24. Grave Unit located in Trench 3, depth 2.00-2.40. 



