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The tetrapod bowl has hollow conical feet, slightly incurved sides, a direct rim, and rounded lip. The feet are 7.3 cm in height and are modeled and painted to represent peccary heads. The orange eyes of the peccary are outlined in red and have a very dark brown line separating them. The tips of the feet are modeled to form the mouth and were probably painted in red. The exterior rim of the vessel is decorated with a red (10R 4/8) circumferential band 0.8-0.9 cm wide. The middle register consists of black (7.5R 2.5/0) rectangles alternating with red (10R 4/8) ones. All rectangles measure 3 cm high, but the three black ones are shorter in length (averaging 7 cm) than the three red panels (averaging 9 cm). Beneath this design, a very dark brown (10YR 2/2) line and a red (10R 4/8) 0.6-cm wide circumferential band encircle the vessel near the incurved base. The interior of the bowl has a highly glossy reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) surface. The interior rim is a continuation of the external decoration with a red (10R 4/8) circumferential band that is 1 cm wide and bordered by a very dark brown (10YR 2/2) line of 0.2 cm width. The paste of the vessel has a fine texture and may be ash tempered.

A slightly outcurved vessel with an everted rim and 14 chevrons inscribed around the body below the rim. A lower register contains design elements in the shape of an inverted "U" that measure 9 cm in height and have widths of 3-4 cm. Fire clouding has blackened the rim and marred the finish of the red slip. The basal diameter is 13 cm.

DOA No: 33/200-5:5 This bowl has incurved-recurved sides, an exterior thickened rim, and a partially square lip. The base is flat with a 5 cm diameter. In the interior, though, the vessel bottom appears rounded. Surface color is reddish-yellow (5YR 5/6) to red (10R 5/8). The bowl was found upright over the head and shoulder area of an old, adult female.

DOA No: 33/200-5:9 This bowl has incurved-recurved sides, an interior thickened rim, and a slightly incurved base. The surface on both exterior and interior is reddish yellow (5YR 5/6) to red (10R 5/8). Fire clouding on this vessel obscures much of the red slip. The fire clouding is a very dark gray (2.5YR 3/0) or black (2.5Y 2/0). Rootlet marks are visible on the exterior surface. The diameter of the base is 7 cm. The bowl was found resting on the left humerus of an extended, adult burial.

This spouted jar has incurved sides, a flaring neck, and an exterior thickened rim with rounded lip. The interior of the neck and the exterior walls are slipped in a color similar to other vessels of this variety. The spout is 8 cm in height and its orifice is 1.8 cm in diameter. The base is slightly incurved and measures approximately 9 cm in diameter. In situ, the jar's spout pointed to the east.

Cylinder with nearly vertical sides, a rim thickened on the exterior, and a slightly squared lip. A significant feature is the fluting decoration inscribed onto the sides. A circumferential line demarcates the extent of the flutes at 4.7 cm from the rim, and a second one parallels it down near the base. The flutes are irregular, varying in width from 0.7-1.2 cm. The decoration is reminiscent of that on a cylinder reported by Adams from the Plancha Complex at Altar de Sacrificios (Adams 1971, fig.14g). The K'axob vessel has a light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) paste of a fine to medium texture and possible carbonate and iron inclusions. The exterior and interior are slipped in red (10R 5/8). Fire clouding occurs on the exterior near the rim and is variably white (5Y 8/1), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), and very dark gray (10YR 3/1). The slip is crackled on most of the vessel, presumably because of the accumulation of carbonates. The base of the cylinder is slipped in the same color and measures 14.1 cm in diameter. The vessel was placed upright next to a seated, old adult female.

DOA No: 33/200-5:7 This Sierra Red spouted jar effigy is not classified within any Sierra Red varieties because of its unique modeled decoration. No such decoration has ever been reported for any of the varieties. The jar itself has a slightly everted rim, square lip, two small strap handles, a spout, and a concave base. The slip color is yellowish red (5YR 5/8) to light red (2.5YR 6/8) and the interior of the neck is slipped with the latter color. Fire clouding is also present. The paste is pink (5YR 7/3) to gray (7.5YR 6/0) and has a medium texture. Opposite the spout, there is an effigy-modeled face that covers the body of the vessel. The two strap handles vary in size. One is 1.5-2 cm in width, while the larger one is 2-2.5 cm wide. Each has a height of 3.6 cm. The spout measures 3.5 cm in height and its orifice is 2 cm in diameter. The height of the vesselÕs neck is 1.6 cm. The diameter of the base is 14 cm.

DOA No: 33/200-5:12 This bowl has the same characteristics as the western cache vessel (V# 032) described above except that differential firing is more frequent and the slip is better preserved. Thickness of the walls is 0.8 cm. Diameter of the flat base is 14.6 cm. This is the East vessel of the quadripartite cache.

DOA No: 33/200-5:11 This bowl has nearly vertical walls and a flat base. It probably had been exposed to fire. The interior and exterior of the vessel have a red (10R 5/6, 10R 5/8) slip that was applied with a mottled effect. The red tends to degrade into a strong brown (7.5YR 5/6). Fire clouding is present on only one area of the exterior part of the vessel. The color varies between very dark gray (7.5YR 3/0) and red (10R 5/8). The vessel is decorated with five circumferential grooves that were formed before firing. The uppermost groove forms the rim, which is exterior and thickened with a rounded lip. Grooves are irregular in shape and width, but basically measure 0.8 to 1 cm and are separated irregularly by a 5-cm span. Thickness of the wall is 0.8 cm. This is the West vessel of the quadripartite cache.

DOA No: 33/200-5:1 This bowl has nearly vertical sides, a direct rim, a rounded lip and a flat base. Slip color on the interior of the vessel is light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) or reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6). The predominant color on the exterior of the vessel is gray (5Y 6/1), but a red (2.5YR 5/6) or reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) color is also present. Thickness of the walls varies between 0.4-0.8 cm and the diameter of the base is 15 cm. This bowl is the South vessel of the quadripartite cache.