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ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES IN NICARAGUA. 



Fig. 134. 



No. 28,912. 



Vessels from Palmar. 



No. 28,914. 



MANAGUA. 



While in Managua I obtained from an old woman a number of large pottery 

 beads. One of them was much larger than the others, differently shaped, and 

 marked with engraven characters resembling those of the so-called Runic inscrip- 

 tions on the island of Monhegan.* They were reported to have been found in a 

 jar unearthed while digging the foundation for a house in the city. These beads, 

 No. 28,866, look like an Indian imitation of a rosary. 



A small vessel in polished black ware, like that with the Luna pottery, was 

 also shown, and I purchased a tripod vase, painted much like some of the speci- 

 mens from Los Cocos and Palos Negros and others sent from Nandaime by Dr. 

 Earl Flint. In the bottom this vessel is checked with incised lines in a manner 

 similar to some recently received from Mexico, and said to have been used as 

 pepper grinders. 



SAN JUAN DEL SUR. 



While digging post holes for the house of M. Christophle in this village, the 

 workmen discovered specimens of antique pottery. 



Other relics were reported in the woods north of the village, and, on going 

 out with a guide among the hills in that direction, I was rewarded by finding 

 some interesting remains. Upon a slight eminence, which overlooked a quebrada, 

 were heaps of stones, portions of an old metate and roller of basalt rotten with 



* Schoolcraft. Indian Tribes of the United States. Vol. VI, page 611. 



