■^^^No^fisf^^' PREHISTORY OF PANAMA VIE JO ^BIESE 33 



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None of the brown wares are covered with slip. There does not appear 

 to be enough evidence to break this ware down into subgroups on the 

 basis of consistent variations. 



PAINTED WARES 



Black and white on red ware. — Fifty-six isolated sherds were re- 

 covered which fall into a group of black, white, and red simple geo- 

 metric designs in various color combinations. For the most part 

 these consist of rim pieces with concentric bands of white and black on 

 the edge of a red ground (pi. 11, a; fig. 10, h). The bands may be from 

 less than 1 cm. to more than 6 cm. in width and may be single or multi- 

 ple. This ware is probably related directly to the paneled urn covers. 

 Several variants were found. Four sherds were from white vessels 

 bearing alternating red and black bands, the reverse color sequence 

 of the above (fig. 10, e). Another four sherds (fig. 10, a, h) were of red 

 ware which was decorated with concentric black bands only; no white 

 was present. Three sherds are present from the near center of plates 

 or shallow bowls having a white panel with black geometric designs 

 (fig. 10, c, i, k). Some or all of the rims may belong to this style, but 

 unfortunately none of sufficient extent were recovered to justify this 

 conclusion. The ceramic paste in both these and the rim sherds is 

 identical to that of the usual red ware. The red paint appears to have 

 been applied first as a slip, somewhat heavier than on the simple 

 vessels. Whites range from a pure white to a cream white and appear 

 to be the most labile. 



All of the sherds in this group appear to be related and, by the num- 

 ber of them recovered, represent a possible "type" painted ware of 

 this culture. Not enough sherds of the variants are present to warrant 

 classification at this time. None are true polychromes, since the 

 design proper utUizes only two colors superimposed on a self-color 

 background. As such, they are related to the paneled red ware of 

 Code and presumably represent cultural acquisition earlier than true 

 polychromes. 



Red on hrown. — Two sherds were recovered of the same brown 

 ware present throughout the site, but having a narrow red band. 

 Both of these are rim sherds (pi. \\,d). Their place in the pottery 

 classification is unknown. 



RIMSHERDS 



The 32 rimsherds recovered can be divided conveniently into three 

 groups on the basis of profiles (fig. 11). 



The first group {a-l) shows a slight inward curve. Shapes are 

 those of plates and shallow bowls. All except one are slipped red 

 ware and all have some manner of plastic decoration. 



