NO. I HONDURAS STRONG, KIDDER, AND PAUL IO3 



a photograph (1935, fig. 4) of the sharp, natural hills behind Los Nar- 

 anjos with the caption, " View of the Mounds at Jaral." His photo- 

 graph, probably taken from mound i (pi. 16, fig. 4), overlooks the 

 great mounds to the south which, however, are shrouded in jungle 

 and do not show in the picture. As a result, the reader might easily 

 assume that the natural hills which do show are the pyramids. Per- 

 haps the translation should have been " View over the Pyramids ", 

 rather than " View of the Pyramids." Mound i, (pi. 16, fig. 4) 

 appears to be terraced, and we estimated its height at some 6 meters. 

 Mound 4 (fig. 20) is much larger and higher, perhaps 8 to 10 meters. 

 It is terraced and has a number of smaller mounds forming a court 

 on the top. Jhere has been considerable digging here, probably by 

 road workers seeking paving stones, as well as by pot hunters. Sherds 

 seemed to be scarce on the surface. The other mounds appear to be 

 smaller than mound 4, but several of them are terraced and all are 

 worthy of careful mapping and investigation. Owing to the dense 

 bush, it is impossible to make adequate observations without a great 

 deal of clearing. Since we lacked facilities for this type of work or 

 for any large scale excavation, we limited our own activities to smaller 

 sites on the norther border of the great group (site i, Los Naranjos, 

 map, fig. 20) . 



The occurrence of a number of fragmentary stone statues at the 

 Los Naranjos site is particularly interesting (Stone, 1934; Yde, 1935 

 and 1936; and Strong, 1937). These have all been removed from 

 their original sites, probably by road workers, who have undoubtedly 

 broken up and carried ofif others. Those which we located were lying 

 in the great plaza between the Los Naranjos mounds at three places 

 near the Jaral-Los Naranjos trail (map, fig. 20). Probably these 

 had once been placed on top of mound 4, or one of its neighbors, and 

 later tumbled down by the road workers. One statue represents the 

 body of a man or ape, with one hand resting on the hip, the other 

 crossing the body and resting on the shoulder (pi. 16, fig. 3). Feet, 

 arms, and the head had all been broken ofif long ago. The material 

 is a hard, gray, volcanic stone, and the body at present is i meter high 

 and 50 centimeters wide across the shoulders. The neck break at 

 present measures 23.5 centimeters from front to back. The body has 

 a primitive simplicity and grace despite its solidity. Aside from two 

 parallel incised lines on the back, suggesting a belt, there are no other 

 notable features. Mrs. Stone describes a similar mutilated figure with 

 a string of beads around the neck (1934, p. 126) ; hence there must 

 be at least two of these figures. Next to this stone body was a large 

 grotesque head (pi. 16, fig. 3) which evidently belongs to the body. 



