. Bulletin. Ethnology. Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 205. Figure 67.—Idealized diagram of grave pit, Find 14, He-1. in the Late Code Period. No artifacts of bone or stone were present in the grave unit. Find 16-17 Cache Unit, located in Trench 1 at a depth of 2-3 meters, is similar in shape to Find 14 grave pit, except for the occurrence of three small pits in the floor of the lower grave chamber of the 16-17 unit. These latter measured roughly 15 cms. in diameter and were 10-12 cms. deep. Red clay, charcoal, and burned earth were found in association with some of the vessels
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 205. Figure 67.—Idealized diagram of grave pit, Find 14, He-1. in the Late Code Period. No artifacts of bone or stone were present in the grave unit. Find 16-17 Cache Unit, located in Trench 1 at a depth of 2-3 meters, is similar in shape to Find 14 grave pit, except for the occurrence of three small pits in the floor of the lower grave chamber of the 16-17 unit. These latter measured roughly 15 cms. in diameter and were 10-12 cms. deep. Red clay, charcoal, and burned earth were found in association with some of the vessels of the unit, in addition to a flint chip. An entrance shaft is suggested in the upper southeast corner of the chamber by a tentative upward continuation of the chamber about 50 cms. in diameter. No bones or other artifacts are mentioned in the field notes, but the following vessels were found with the unit: two open bowls with ring bases which I have classed as Paneled Red ware; thi-ee Code polychrome cups of the Sitio Conte Later Period style; one polychrome collared jar with a design layout similar to a vessel from the Late Period Grave 26 at Sitio Conte (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 192, e) and a collar design which is duplicated by a sherd from the Rio Estibana, Macaracas (ibid., fig. 466, a); and two wide-mouthed collared jars, one of which is definitely Red Daubed with a triple teardrop motif, and the other of which is probably an unfinished Red Daubed specimen. Thus this cache, like Find Unit 14, can be considered as coeval with the Late Period at Sitio Conte. The Code cups are illustrated in Stirling, 1949, p. 376, center row (Find 17-a left, Find 17-6 center, Find 16-17-c right). Find 18 Grave Unit is another grave pit shaped similarly to that of Finds 14, 16-17, and 19, also lined with burned day which apparently served as a domelike lining or roof for the burial chamber. Only three pottery vessels were encountered in the grave, a complete Code polychrome plate (Late Period
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