8 ILLUSTRATIONS 



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7. Indian carrying load of bejuco, a liana used as rope in house building 26 



8. Domestic altar 27 



9. Stonelike substance used to prevent fingers from sticking while spinning. . 29 



10. Calabash with liana base used in spinning 30 



11. Chichanha Indian priest in front of altar at Cha chac ceremony 43 



12. Priest tracing cross on cake and filling it in with sikil 44 



13. Sacrificing a turkey at the Cha chac ceremony 45 



14. Plan of Santa Rita mounds 59 



15. Figurine from Mound No. 1 60 



16. Figurines from Mound No. 1 61 



17. Unpainted object from Mound No. 1 " 62 



18. Clay alligator found in Mound No. 2 64 



19. Objects from Mound No. 4. 68 



20. Pottery vessels from Mound No. 4 69 



21. Objects found in Mound No. 5 71 



22. Diagram of Mound No. 6 74 



23. Diagram of trenches in M6und No. 6 76 



24. Bowls, vases, and dishes found in Mound No. 6 77 



25. a. Skull, h. Limestone foundation, c. Excavation, d. Grooved flag in 



situ. e. Projecting lip 78 



26. Circular openings leading into natural cavity 80 



27. Ground plan of chultun 82 



28. Ground plan of Mound No. 9 84 



29. Wall construction of Mound No. 9 84 



30. Details of Mound No. 9 85 



31. Obsidian object and pottery vase from Mound No. 10 87 



32. Obsidian arrowhead from Mound No. 10 89 



33. Flint object from Mound No. 10 89 



34. Obsidian object from Mound No. 10 90 



35. Inscription on mask, plate 16, h 91 



36. Inscription on ax head, plate 16, c 92 



37. Flint spearheads 94 



38. Flint objects 94 



39. Devices sci'atched on stucco in aboriginal building 95 



40. Eccentrically shaped implements found at summit of mound 96 



41. Flint object found at base of stela 96 



42. Flint object found at base of stela 96 



43. Flints found in ruins at Naranjo 97 



44. Objects from Benque Viejo 98 



45. Obsidian objects found in a mound near Benque Viejo 99 



46. Flint object from Seven Hills 100 



47. Horseshoe-shaped flint object found near San Antonio 100 



48. Figure from River Thames, near London 101 



49. Flint objects from Tennessee 102 



50. Flint objects from Italy 103 



51. Small cup-shaped vase from Mound No. 15 104 



52. Objects from Mound No. 15 104 



53. Conventionalized representation of bird on vessel shown in plate 17 106 



54. Decoration on vessel shown in plate 17 106 



55. Perforated beads found in Mound No. 16 107 



56. Jadeite beads found in Mound No. 16 107 



57. a. Circular shell disks from Mound No. 16. h. Greenstone ear plugs from 



Mound No. 17 108 



58. Obsidian disk inserted in tooth of skeleton found in Mound No. 17 109 



