Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 265 



cms. ; height of pedestal 6.5 cms. ; all surfaces dark brown to black brown 

 except for reddish areas on lip; Smoked ware, Venado Beach Incised. 



5-c. Subglobular spouted jar with ring base and horizontally flanged lip 

 with a broad shallow groove and low ridge running around its upper 

 surface; spout is joined to lip by a short oval bridge; surface a gray- 

 brown hue; body fluted; diameter 17.5 cms.; height 14.5 cms.; height 

 of collar 5.5 cms.; Smoked ware spouted and fluted jar. 



5-d. Subglobular collared jar with round base and a relatively straight high 

 collar and rounded lip; lug appended to shoulder, place of attachment 

 present for another on opposite side; collar exterior and lip are red 

 slipped, remainder fired a buff-orange; diameter 10 cms.; height 8 cms.; 

 height of collar 2.5 cms.; Red Line ware. Patterned and Modeled 

 variety. 



5-e. A high collared jar with rounded base and wide mouth; lip is unmodi- 

 fied; places of attachment for two missing loop handles on shoulder; 

 body diameter 15 cms.; orifice diameter 8 cms.; total height 13 cms.; 

 collar height 5 cms.; interior blackened by fire, exterior orange-buff 

 slipped except for red band around lip and around collar base; Red 

 Line type; Patterned and Modeled variety. 



5-/. Wide-mouthed collared jar with rounded base and unmodified lip; place 

 of attachment for two opposed loop handles; diameter 15 cms.; orifice 

 diameter 11 cms.; height estimated at 12 cms.; decoration of red band 

 on lip with red dribbles down collar exterior and over shoulder; originally 

 buff-orange ground badly blackened by fire; Red Line type, Red Daubed 

 variety. 



5-g. Fragments of open bowl with unmodified lip and rounded base; 

 diameter estimated at 46 cms.; height at 17 cms.; exterior fire clouded 

 to dark brown and part of interior also, rest of interior a cream-buff 

 slip; over this red bands have been applied in broad chevron pattern 

 and a red band encircles the lip. Red Line type; Patterned and 

 Modeled variety. 



6. A three-legged stone metate; no carving; ovate-rectangular in shape; 

 top 57X43 cms.; thickness 4 cms.; height 16 cms. 



Comment. Human bone, badly decayed, was found with the Find 4 

 vessels, and powdered bone material as well as decayed human bone 

 occurred with the Find 5 group. Find 5-g was found in fragments 

 with one placed on top of the other. Finds 7 and 15 may also be re- 

 lated to this unit (see discussion of grave associations) . 

 Find 7. Trench 1. 



7-1. Collared and spouted jar with ring base, spout attached to rim by 

 flat bridge; diameter 15.5 cms.; height 16 cms.; buff slip; Smoked ware 

 spouted jar. 



7-2. Chipped stone celt; length 12 cms.; spatulate shape. 



Comment. Field notes suggest that Find 7 may have been part of Find 

 Unit 5 grave as grave goods placed in the upper part of the shaft. 

 Find 8. Trench 2. 



A red-slipped open bowl with ski-tip lip and round base; decoration 

 is in a series of black bands running concentrically around interior wall 

 just below lip; a black undulating band or snake bordered by two 

 panels of black crosshachure covers the base interior; diameter 30 

 cms.; height 9.5 cms.; Gir6n Polychrome; Interior Banded variety. 

 Find 9. Trench 2. 



Globular collared jar with round bottom and a widely flared rim over a 



