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x Healy, Paul
  1993
Northeastern Honduras. Chap. 11 in: J. S. Henderson & M. Beaudry-Corbett (eds.), Pottery of prehistoric Honduras: regional classification and analysis.
Univ. Calif. Los Angeles Inst. Archaeol. Monograph 35: 194-213. 1 tab. 20 figs.
–Describes and illustrates "Manatee Lugs" on pottery of the Selín phase (Early to Late-Terminal Classic periods) in Honduras (202-203, 213). The assertion that these bizarre pot handles or legs "almost certainly" depict manatees is more than questionable.

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Archeological Sites, Sirenia at
x  1993Healy, P. (Honduras; supposed manatee effigies on pottery; 202-203, 213.)
Honduras
(SEE ALSO: Central America)
x  1993Healy, P. (TM; supposed manatee effigies on prehistoric pottery; 202-203.)
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
x  1993Healy, P. (TM; Honduras; supposed manatee effigies on prehistoric pottery; 202-203.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1993Healy, P. (Honduras; supposed manatee effigies on prehistoric pottery; 202-203.)