308 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
Enough has been said to make clear the vast archeological wealth of 
Guatemala. Its antiquities are a precious heritage from the past; 
they also constitute a vital chapter in the story of human civilization, 
of man’s slow and painful conquest of nature, of his unremitting strug- 
gle for a better and fuller life, a struggle which began with the Stone 
Age and is still going on. 
