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resemblance of the head which adorns its headdress to one found 
at Quirigua has already been noted. The rest of this idol and the 
whole of the one which was found with it are so badly broken as not to 
be worth figuring. The bones were those of the curassow, and, judging 
by the number of long leg bones which were found in good preserva- 
tion, probably represented the remains of five or six birds. The bones 
were found at a point marked E on the plan of the mound (figure 6), 
close to the idols. With the idols were found a number of rough 
unpainted potsherds. Immediately beneath the loam the mound was 
covered with a flat, evenly applied layer of mortar, from 6 to 8 inches in 
thickness; it was soft and friable and contained in its substance numer- 
ous large pieces of limestone. The next layer was composed of lime- 
stone blocks, the interstices between which were filled with limestone 
dust. A large number of the stones were squared, and some retained 
pieces of painted stucco still adherent to them, haying evidently at one 
time formed part of the south wall of the temple already described. 
Embedded in the top of this layer, at the point marked F in the plan, 
was found a piece of cabbage-palm stem 5 feet long, but so wormeaten 
and decayed that it was impossible to tell what its original use had been. 
Within this layer the broken tops of two square pillars, A and B in 
the plan, and of two walls, G and K, on either side of them, first 
appeared. These two pillars oecupied a nearly central position in the 
mound; they were 3 feet square and were built of large blocks of nicely 
cut stone. The summits were uneven and had evidently been broken 
off; the distance between the pillars was 6 feet. The walls were in line 
with the pillars, placed on either side of them, at a distance of 6 feet 
from each; they were 3 feet thick, built of nicely squared blocks of 
limestone, and were broken off at the top and outer ends. The sum- 
mits of these walls and pillars were at a depth of 24 feet below the 
surface of the mound; they passed down through the next two layers— 
one of cement, one of blocks of limestone—and rested on the tough, 
thick cement layer which lay immediately over the foundation of the 
mound. They were + feet high and at one time evidently had formed 
part of the portico of a building with three wide entrances. Judging 
from the very large proportion of squared stones which were used in 
the construction of the upper layers of this mound, it would seem that 
the greater part of the stones of this building had been used in construct- 
ing the mound which covered its ruins. The next layer was of cement, 
6 to 8 inches thick, and spread evenly over the mound, forming a table- 
like surface; the cement was rotten and friable. The layer immediately 
beneath this was composed of blocks of limestone, the majority of 
which were squared, and so tightly were they packed together with 
limestone dust that the mass was almost as difficult to dig into as if it had 
been masonry. In the lower part of this layer, 6 feet below the sur- 
face of the mound, at a point marked C in the plan, the pottery urn, 

