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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  shapes 
  of 
  these 
  vessels, 
  however, 
  were 
  variants 
  of 
  a 
  flaring-sided 
  cup, 
  

   and 
  one 
  double 
  bowl 
  was 
  also 
  included. 
  Finally, 
  at 
  Chavin 
  de 
  

   Huantar 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Highlands, 
  graves 
  intrusive 
  into 
  the 
  Chavin 
  

   Period 
  level 
  contained 
  crude 
  White-on-red 
  vessels. 
  Although 
  all 
  of 
  

   these 
  materials 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  contemporaneous, 
  the 
  picture 
  is 
  consist- 
  

   ent 
  in 
  placing 
  the 
  White-on-red 
  style 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  following 
  the 
  

   Chavin 
  horizon. 
  

  

  INTEKLOCKING 
  

  

  At 
  one 
  time, 
  the 
  more 
  elaborate 
  Interlocking 
  style 
  was 
  thought 
  to 
  

   precede 
  the 
  White-on-red. 
  The 
  reverse 
  situation 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  demon- 
  

   strated 
  by 
  careful 
  stratigraphy. 
  At 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Cerro 
  de 
  Trinidad 
  in 
  

   the 
  Chancay 
  Valley, 
  a 
  long 
  stratigraphic 
  sequence 
  shows 
  an 
  early 
  

   White-on-red 
  style 
  being 
  gradually 
  replaced 
  by 
  the 
  Interlocking 
  

   style. 
  In 
  several 
  other 
  sites, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  the 
  

   Interlocking 
  style 
  precedes 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco 
  Middle 
  Periods. 
  

  

  The 
  Interlocking 
  ceramic 
  style 
  (pis. 
  26,/, 
  g; 
  27, 
  a; 
  28, 
  a-c) 
  is 
  so 
  named 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  predominance 
  of 
  a 
  textile-derived 
  interlocking 
  fish 
  de- 
  

   sign. 
  Other 
  ceramic 
  design 
  elements 
  are 
  also 
  used 
  either 
  alone 
  

   or 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  this 
  interlocking 
  fish. 
  These 
  include 
  chev- 
  

   rons, 
  circles, 
  dots, 
  crosses, 
  cross-hatch, 
  steps, 
  and 
  serrations. 
  The 
  

   designs 
  are 
  usually 
  painted 
  in 
  either 
  black 
  and 
  white, 
  or 
  black, 
  white, 
  

   and 
  bright 
  red 
  on 
  a 
  reddish 
  base. 
  At 
  Pachacamac, 
  a 
  two-color 
  

   negative 
  ware 
  is 
  added, 
  and 
  crude 
  red 
  and 
  polished 
  black 
  wares 
  are 
  

   sometimes 
  found. 
  The 
  principal 
  shape 
  is 
  a 
  beaker 
  with 
  out-flaring 
  

   or 
  out-slanting 
  sides, 
  and 
  large 
  mammiform 
  jars 
  are 
  also 
  common. 
  

   Double-spout 
  vessels, 
  constricted-collar 
  jars, 
  spout 
  and 
  handle 
  jars, 
  

   and 
  some 
  modeled 
  vessels 
  are 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  Interlocking 
  style 
  

   at 
  some 
  sites. 
  Besides 
  vessels, 
  clay 
  adornos, 
  figurines, 
  whorls, 
  and 
  

   panpipes 
  are 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  walls 
  in 
  the 
  Interlocking 
  Period 
  are 
  thick 
  and 
  

   made 
  of 
  adobe 
  or 
  stone. 
  The 
  adobes 
  are 
  hand-molded 
  into 
  crude 
  

   dome 
  shapes. 
  At 
  Chancay, 
  one 
  wall 
  has 
  a 
  fresco 
  of 
  interlocking 
  

   fish 
  painted 
  in 
  white, 
  yellow, 
  red, 
  and 
  black. 
  

  

  The 
  origin 
  and 
  ultimate 
  affiliations 
  of 
  the 
  Interlocking 
  style 
  are 
  

   still 
  imperfectly 
  known. 
  At 
  Pachacamac, 
  it 
  represents 
  the 
  earliest 
  

   materials 
  as 
  yet 
  found. 
  The 
  interlocking 
  fish 
  design 
  element 
  is 
  found 
  

   in 
  many 
  styles, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Nazca-B 
  and 
  the 
  Early 
  Lima, 
  and 
  a 
  some- 
  

   what 
  similar 
  style 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands. 
  

  

  EAKLY 
  LIMA 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  White-on-red 
  and 
  the 
  Interlocking 
  styles 
  can 
  be 
  

   definitely 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  Early 
  Periods 
  on 
  the 
  Central 
  Coast, 
  the 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  for 
  so 
  placing 
  the 
  Early 
  Lima 
  style 
  is 
  much 
  weaker. 
  The 
  type 
  

   site 
  for 
  Early 
  Lima 
  is 
  Nieveria 
  in 
  the 
  Rimac 
  Valley. 
  The 
  collections 
  

  

  