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  DIAGUITA 
  OF 
  ARGENTINA 
  — 
  MARQUEZ 
  MIRANDA 
  

  

  645 
  

  

  short, 
  open 
  neck, 
  a 
  wide 
  cylindrical 
  or 
  conical 
  truncated 
  body, 
  and 
  a 
  

   subcylindrical 
  or 
  conico-truncated 
  base. 
  The 
  lugs 
  resemble 
  those 
  on 
  

   the 
  other 
  types, 
  but 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  cruder. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  other, 
  

   rarer 
  types 
  of 
  urns. 
  

  

  Published 
  studies 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  distributions 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  types 
  

   do 
  not 
  coincide. 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  urns 
  are 
  most 
  widespread, 
  extending 
  

   from 
  La 
  Poma 
  (the 
  northern 
  limit 
  of 
  Salta) 
  to 
  Choya 
  (a 
  southern 
  point 
  

   in 
  Catamarca) 
  ; 
  but 
  they 
  center 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Cata- 
  

   marca 
  and 
  Tucuman. 
  Belen 
  urns 
  tend 
  to 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  Catamarca, 
  

   though 
  some 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Amaicha 
  (Tucuman), 
  Famatina 
  and 
  

   Chilecito 
  (La 
  Rioja), 
  and 
  Angualasto 
  (San 
  Juan). 
  San 
  Jose 
  urns 
  are 
  

  

  Figure 
  61. 
  — 
  Diaguita 
  plain 
  pottery, 
  a, 
  c, 
  Utilitarian 
  vessels; 
  b, 
  a 
  jar 
  with 
  

   anthropomorphic 
  modeling. 
  (After 
  Marquez 
  Miranda, 
  1939, 
  fig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  most 
  restricted, 
  being 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Catamarca 
  (sites 
  of 
  San 
  

   Jose" 
  and 
  Andalguala) 
  and 
  reaching 
  La 
  Pay 
  a 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  Andal- 
  

   gala 
  in 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  thousands 
  of 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   Argentine 
  museums 
  may, 
  however, 
  extend 
  these 
  distributions 
  (Mar- 
  

   quez 
  Miranda, 
  1936). 
  

  

  The 
  pucos 
  (so 
  named 
  by 
  Ambrosetti) 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  circular 
  wide- 
  

   mouthed 
  jars, 
  with 
  a 
  circular 
  base 
  smaller 
  in 
  diameter 
  than 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   (pi. 
  141, 
  g-j). 
  The 
  height 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  half 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  

   mouth. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  generally 
  outslanting, 
  though 
  sometimes 
  

   partially 
  straight, 
  and 
  are 
  widest 
  at 
  the 
  mouth. 
  They 
  usually 
  lack 
  

   lugs. 
  Salas 
  (1941) 
  has 
  recently 
  described 
  them. 
  

  

  Plates 
  of 
  various 
  sizes 
  (these 
  are 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  pucos), 
  pots, 
  

   jars, 
  and 
  other 
  items 
  of 
  so-called 
  cooking 
  ware 
  complete 
  this 
  summary 
  

   (fig. 
  61). 
  

  

  We 
  must 
  stress 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  aryballos. 
  These 
  

   are 
  so 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  from 
  Cuzco 
  and 
  other 
  sites 
  of 
  the 
  Tahuantisuyu 
  

   that 
  they 
  might 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  them. 
  Not 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  imported, 
  

  

  