ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN


 As usual construction is by coiling. Vessels walls are thin, aver-
aging about 5 mm. with a range from 3 to 7 mm., and great care
has been used to keep surfaces smooth and parallel with each other.
Scraping marks are entirely eliminated and the pottery has a very
"smooth" feel. Surface color varies from white through grades of
tan and red to a dark gray while cores are black or gray tan. Sur-
face hardness is 22-3 on Mohs' scale.
 Surface excellence is spoiled in many cases, however, by loss or
pitting of the surface by erosion. Such erosion results in the loss
of any painted decoration originally present. The "new" surface
feels like emery paper. This situation may be exaggerated in the
case of our specimens as they come from fields cultivated for many
years.
 Vessels like those of the Coral Series form a major component
of the Cuevas Style of Puerto Rico (Rouse 1952a: 336).
Coral Plain-undecorated vessels made of Coral paste. Shapes in-
clude flaring bowls (Fig. 3, top two outlines) with flat or slightly
concave bases and outward sloping sides the upper portions of
which curve further upward and outward (P1. XIII, b, 1-m). Lips
are neatly made, either rounded or flat, and usually narrower than
walls. Sometimes rims are gradually thickened and end in flat lips,
having rounded edges, about twice as wide as vessel walls.
 We found no rim points or sherds of Coral paste suggesting boat-
-shapld containers.
Coral Side Lugied-vessels of Coral paste having small, ovoid lugs
on outer walls (P1. XIII, g; Rouse 1952a: P1. 2, D). Such lugs are
usually pierced, presumably for suspension by a cord.
Coral Modeled-vessels of Coral paste with a rim which has been
drawn outward to form an appendage which is modeled and, fre-
quently, covered with red paint. Modeling includes faces (Rouse
1952a: P1. 2, 1) and froglike forms (P1. XIII, c). In our example
the top of the applendage is depres't-d to form a pouring spout.
Coral red-paiintld- Iheld of Coral paste exhibiting red paint but
no other decoration is included here. Paint may be limited to lip
areas (P1. XIII, f).
Coral White Filled-vessels of Coral paste decorated with incision
into which white paint has been rubbed (P1. XIII, p; Rouse 1952a:
P1. 2, L) The background is usually red-painted.