^°No."^'2p^' ARCHEOLOGY, ALMIRANTE BAY, PANAMA — STIRLING 273 



Plate 31, g, shows buff ware with a rolled everted run and a loop handle. 



The most abundant form consisted of fragments of 17 large sub- 

 spherical pots with medium outfiaring rims. Of these, three were 

 sufficiently complete to give an idea of the body shape. There is 

 considerable individual variation in the rim forms (pi. 34, a, b, c; 

 fig. 22, a, h, e). 



One broken, but almost complete, example had the entire exterior 

 surface roughened as though by rolling it with a corncob or a rough 

 fabric. The interior is well smoothed. The lip is painted red. 

 A series of rather undefined vertical ridges runs around the middle 

 of the body as an additional decorative feature, and a series of indenta- 

 tions runs around the base of the collar (pi. 34, a; fig. 22, a). 



The remaining examples are carelessly smoothed on the exterior 

 and carefully smoothed on the interior. Some had red-painted lips 

 and some were coated with carbon from being over an open fire. 

 The ware is coarse, fired to a black core, with moderately reddish 

 orange margins and dark-buff surfaces. Most have plain round lips, 

 but on two examples the lips are beveled. 



There were seven fragments (six illustrated) from large vessels 

 with high collars (pi. 35; fig. 22, c, /). The collars are roughened on 

 the exterior by combing. One has a smooth zone below the point 

 where the collar joins the body; below this the combing begins again 

 (pi. 35, d). In all examples the interior is carefully smoothed. Two 

 had a red-painted lip. On the rim, one sherd has part of an appliqued 

 octopus, suggestive of similar designs from Boc-3. This sherd has 

 a dark-buff polished interior and a red-painted lip. The exterior is 

 rather rough (pi. 35, a, fig. 22, d). 



Large shallow bowls were represented by two specimens. These 

 are similar in form to the pedestal base "fruteras" from Code and 

 Veraguas, but probably did not have such bases since none were found 

 in Boc-2. One of the specimens has a beveled lip, painted red, and 



Figure 22. — Sherds from Bocas del Toro, site 2. a. Buff ware, red painted lip, smooth 

 interior, roughened exterior, pi. 34, a; b, buff ware, red lip, exterior rough and somewhat 

 blackened, pi. 34, c; c, buff ware, smooth interior, exterior of collar combed, smooth on 

 exterior below collar, pi. 35, c; d, dark buff polished interior, exterior blackened, rough, 

 applique design, lip painted red, pi. 35, a; e, dark buff ware, roughly combed collar, 

 smooth interior, pi. 34, h; f, polished dark buff interior, combed exterior, pi. 35, b; g, 

 polished buff ware, fine combing on collar, smooth below collar, deep incised groove 

 separating collar from body, pi. 9, h; h, smooth buff slip on interior, exterior rough, pi. 36, 

 i; i, smooth buff interior, exterior rough, deep groove separates collar from body, red 

 lip, pi. 36, k; j, polished buff on interior, roughened exterior, red lip, pi. 36, <?; k, dark- 

 buff ware, smooth interior, rough exterior, lip painted red, pi. 34, e; I, body sherd, buff 

 ware coated with limestone dust, smooth exterior and interior; m, dark buff ware, smooth 

 interior and exterior, pi. 34, /; n, polished buff interior, rough buff interior; o, carbonized 

 buff ware, smooth interior and exterior, pi. 36, c. 



