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approximately 505 A. D. Photographs and drawings were made of all 

 four faces. 



Two of the three missing fragments of the East iVltar of Stela 5 were 

 also found during the past year in the bush just north of the stela. 

 One of these presents Glyphs C, D, and E of the Supplementary Series. 

 Photographs and drawings M^ere made of the inscription. 



The long-missing fragment of a Great Period Initial Series, photo- 

 graphed by Maudslay in the eighties, was located in the foundations of a 

 house on the southern side of the village plaza and was removed to the 

 cabildo for safe keeping. This piece is chiefly important as presenting 

 the latest example of an Initial Series yet found at Copan. Several 

 other fragments, probably referable to the Early Period, were found, 

 and also removed to the cabildo. 



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Fig. 2. 

 A. — Stela 1. Los Higos, Honduras. This monument records the date 9.17.10.0.0 of the 



Maya Era, or approximately 510 A. D. It is in the best style of the Great Period of 



the Old Empire, which was the Golden Age of Maya Art. 

 B. — Stela 24. Copan, Honduras. This fragment of a monument presents the earliest date yet 



found at Copan, namely 9.2.10.0.0 of the Maya Era or approximately 210 A. D. 



One hundred and thirty years after its erection, it was broken up and used over again 



in the foundations of another monument. 



The next site visited was Santa Rita, 7 miles up the valley from 

 Copan, where Stela 23 was discovered last year.^ A drawing of one of 

 the sides omitted last year was made, which completes the record of 

 this text. 



The first of the two new sites discovered on this trip, Rio Amarillo, 

 is on the bank of the Copan River, about 12 miles northeast of Santa 



iSee Year Book No. 15, p. 338. 



