One of the ceramic series developed by Irving Rouse and José Cruxent to facilitate cultural comparison in the Venezuela/Antilles area. Characterized by soft-textured, grey-coloured vessels tempered with spicules of freshwater sponge, the series flourished in the Orinoco basin from c500 to cl500 ad. The collared jar with appliquéd human faces with coffee-bean eyes is a common form; fragments of griddles are also found at most sites. The series replaces Saladoid and Barrancoid in some places.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied