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amples, it was fired 100 percent moderate orange. In other examples 

 the moderate orange surface is definitely due to polishing. In others 

 (pi. 40, d), the orange interior over bufT paste may be due to a self 

 wash. Probably all the clay with coarse and moderate temper is 

 the same, and the buff or orange color variations are due to firing 

 conditions. The fine-tempered pastes (pis. 39, a; 40, j, k) are defi- 

 nitely different. 



Evidently smaller vessels were normally of a globular form with 

 rims that differed from straight to excurvate in varying degrees. 

 Some of these were painted red. 



Some excurvate rims were decorated by combing on the interior 

 (pi. 40, a, h), but had a smooth exterior. These were buff with a 

 medium temper. 



One rim fragment had a looped handle attached to the rim (pi. 

 39, g). This piece was very coarse tempered and had a smooth 

 orange-buff exterior and interior. It is very similar to a specimen 

 found near Boquete, Chiriqui, and figured by Wassen (Wassen, 1949, 

 fig. 37). Another example was found by us at Utive, Province of 

 Panama. 



One solid tapering piece could have been a vessel support or a 

 heavy handle (pi. 40, i). 



A sherd of fine-paste, dusky yellowish-orange (SYR 6/6) ware, 

 had on it the applique figure of an animal. This piece is typical 

 Chiriqui alligator ware (pi. 39, a). 



There was a single sherd of fine-tempered ware with a painted 

 design. The decoration consisted of bold red and black parallel 

 lines on a light-buff surface (pi. 40, e) . 



The only indication of the use of stone was a number of flint chips 

 or rejects. 



On the whole, the ware of Boc-3 shows a close affinity to that in 

 Boc-1. 



JUNGLE POINT 



On a heavily forested ridge back of Almirante and near Western 

 River, we visited another site, where we conducted some excavations 

 with unsatisfactory results. A native who had made a clearing on 

 top of the ridge and had built a thatched hut told us he had found 

 potsherds, a clay figurine of a woman, and some stone specimens 

 while excavating a level place for his house. The figurine had been 

 lost, but we obtained from him three celts, two of a fine-grained bluish- 

 black stone and the other light gray. There was also a pestle of 

 limestone (pi. 43, c-f). 



We excavated in an area adjoining the house, but found only a 

 few nondescript potsherds. 



