﻿Vol.2] 
  LA 
  CANDELARIA 
  — 
  WILLEY 
  665 
  

  

  ence 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  possibility, 
  Ryde*n 
  thinks 
  that 
  La 
  Candelarian 
  houses 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  semisubterranean 
  with 
  the 
  stone 
  slabs 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  

   above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  floor. 
  

  

  At 
  other 
  sites 
  stone 
  slabs 
  were 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  forming 
  a 
  crude 
  

   circle 
  with 
  a 
  diameter 
  much 
  too 
  small 
  for 
  a 
  dwelling. 
  These 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  placed 
  to 
  encircle 
  a 
  burial 
  urn 
  or 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  fireplaces. 
  

  

  MANUFACTURES 
  

  

  Pottery. 
  — 
  La 
  Candelaria 
  pottery 
  is 
  tempered 
  with 
  crushed 
  rock 
  and 
  

   mica. 
  In 
  the 
  large 
  burial 
  urns 
  this 
  tempering 
  material 
  is 
  coarse, 
  but 
  

   in 
  the 
  smaller 
  vessels 
  the 
  rock 
  is 
  more 
  finely 
  pulverized. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   burial 
  urns 
  and 
  other 
  vessels 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  well-fired 
  gray, 
  blackish- 
  

   gray, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  brownish-gray 
  ware 
  that, 
  from 
  the 
  description, 
  

   would 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  reduced 
  in 
  firing 
  rather 
  than 
  oxidized. 
  A 
  

   small 
  percentage 
  of 
  burial 
  urns 
  and 
  other 
  vessels, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  bowls 
  

   used 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  urns, 
  are 
  bricklike 
  in 
  color. 
  Vessels 
  of 
  this 
  brick-red 
  

   ware 
  are 
  decorated 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  the 
  gray 
  ware, 
  and 
  are 
  

   undoubtedly 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  La 
  Candelarian 
  complex. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   pottery 
  is 
  slipped 
  on 
  one 
  or 
  both 
  surfaces. 
  The 
  slip 
  is 
  usually 
  the 
  

   same 
  color 
  but 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  shade 
  than 
  the 
  original 
  ware. 
  

  

  Burial 
  urns 
  vary 
  in 
  specific 
  detail 
  of 
  form 
  (fig. 
  65), 
  but 
  all 
  are 
  

   "pot-shaped" 
  with 
  either 
  conoidal 
  or 
  truncated-conoidal 
  bases. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  deeper 
  than 
  wide. 
  They 
  range 
  in 
  height 
  from 
  

   around 
  20 
  inches 
  (50 
  cm.) 
  to 
  over 
  3 
  feet 
  (1 
  m) 
  . 
  The 
  point 
  of 
  maximum 
  

   diameter 
  varies 
  from 
  a 
  bulge 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  a 
  shoulder 
  placed 
  

   well 
  above 
  the 
  mid-point 
  of 
  vessel 
  height. 
  There 
  is 
  usually 
  a 
  con- 
  

   striction 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  mouth, 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  urns 
  have 
  rims 
  which 
  

   are 
  recurved 
  outward. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  urns 
  have 
  two 
  handles, 
  placed 
  on 
  

   opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  set 
  high 
  or 
  low 
  on 
  the 
  vessel 
  walls. 
  

   Some 
  handles 
  are 
  crescent-shaped 
  lugs; 
  others 
  are 
  flat 
  loop 
  handles, 
  

   horizontally 
  oriented. 
  Decoration 
  is 
  mainly 
  by 
  incision 
  and 
  usually 
  

   consists 
  of 
  zigzag, 
  chevron, 
  or 
  criss-cross 
  lines 
  forming 
  a 
  border 
  just 
  

   below 
  the 
  rim 
  on 
  the 
  exterior 
  surface. 
  There 
  are 
  occasional 
  examples 
  

   of 
  anthropomorphic 
  decoration 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  relief 
  and 
  incision. 
  

   Some 
  urns 
  are 
  striated 
  or 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  corncob. 
  

  

  The 
  brick-ware 
  bowls 
  used 
  as 
  covers 
  for 
  the 
  urns 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  medium- 
  

   deep, 
  open 
  variety. 
  They 
  have 
  an 
  interior 
  slip 
  and 
  are 
  often 
  striated 
  

   on 
  the 
  exterior 
  surface 
  with 
  close-spaced, 
  narrow, 
  shallow 
  grooves. 
  

  

  Ryden 
  (1936) 
  has 
  classified 
  the 
  smaller 
  pottery 
  vessels 
  as 
  to 
  form. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  distinctive 
  of 
  the 
  La 
  Candelarian 
  shapes 
  is 
  the 
  "vessel 
  

   with 
  bulges 
  (2 
  or 
  4)" 
  (fig. 
  66, 
  a, 
  b). 
  Other 
  forms 
  are 
  "one-handled 
  

   symmetrical 
  vessels," 
  including 
  jars 
  and 
  flat-bottomed 
  beakers 
  (fig. 
  66, 
  

   /, 
  g, 
  h) 
  ; 
  " 
  hanging 
  vessels," 
  which 
  are 
  wide-mouthed 
  bottles 
  or 
  globular 
  

   jars 
  (fig. 
  66, 
  k) 
  ; 
  "cylindrical 
  or 
  bottle-shaped 
  vessels" 
  (fig. 
  66, 
  c) 
  ; 
  "cup- 
  

   shaped 
  vessels," 
  which 
  are 
  reminiscent 
  of 
  the 
  kero 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  Bolivian 
  

  

  