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1942; jBgs. 266, 271) and were considered to be primarily a late char- 

 acteristic. They have also been found at Cupica, Colombia (Linne, 

 1929; fig. 53). Plate 10, a (right), shows a spouted vessel somewhat 

 cruder than those from Code. Another vessel, of coarse brown un- 

 slipped clay, is shown in figure 9, c. This bottom-spouted vessel also 

 was represented in Code by a single identical vessel (Lothrop, 1942; 

 fig. 337, a). It resembles many of the classic "baby feeders" of 

 Europe. A red ware pedestal plate, or frutera, 22 cm. in diameter, 

 is shown in figure 8, d. Plate 10, b, shows a small red ware beanpot with 

 several rows of appliqued nubbins. It was found in juxtaposition to 

 burial No. 5 in the shell lens and contained a small, polished, wedge- 

 shaped celt, described under "Stonework." This type of pot has 

 been described from Veraguas (Lothrop, 1950; fig. 62). A rather mas- 

 sive red ware tripod, differing from the usual variety in the outcurving 

 position of the legs, is illustrated in plate 10, c. 



One small dish (fig. 9, d) had a neatly drilled center hole which was 

 filled with a plug of unbaked, buff clay. The rough base of this 

 piece suggested that some form of pedestal had been attached. 



BROWN WARE 



The characteristic pottery type of this site is a brown ware with 

 decoration applied by a variety of combinations of incising, mechanical 

 punching, and appliqued or modeled relief. The group includes 

 several related types which employ more or less the same techniques 

 but vary widely in color and, to a lesser extent, in the physical char- 

 acteristics of the paste mixture. The color is most commonly a 

 medium brown or red brown (5/4 and 4/4 MunseU scale), but a con- 

 siderable portion of the sample runs toward a redder tone (5/6) or to 

 darker browns and lighter red-free browns (4/2 and 6/3). Presumably 

 this is a characteristic of the particular paste on hand at the moment, 

 and the firing temperature, rather than of distinctive pottery types. 

 Sherds of each major color variation were broken in half and one por- 

 tion was refired in excess oxygen at 500° C. for 30 minutes. The 

 changes of color are as follows: 



Munsell color Refired color 



Red 2.5 YR: 4/6 Red 2.5 YR: 4/8 



Reddish brown 5.0 YR: 4/4 Red 2.5 YR: 4/8 



Dark reddish brown 5.0 YR: 3/3 Yellowish red 5.0 YR: 4/6 



Similarly, there is variation in the surface texture. Most of the 

 material is a fine-textured, fine-grit tempered paste which was 

 smoothed on the surface to a moderate polish, leaving no surface pits 

 visible to the naked eye and impervious to water. A substantial 

 number of sherds, however, have a more open grainy surface texture 

 which appears to be of the same paste material left unpolished. 



