ILLI'STRATIONS 



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1. Group of Santa Cruz Indians 18 



2. Maya girls fishing 26 



3. Fish drying on one of the raj's off the coast of Yucatan 26 



4. Maya Indian houses, a. Leaf-thatched house, b. Indian house on Rio 



Hondo 26 



5. Maya woman, 105 years old, spinning cotton 29 



6. Maya loom 29 



7. Sketch map of British Honduras, with adjacent parts of Yucatan and Guate- 



mala, indicating the positions of mounds excavated 59 



8. Figurines of warriors from Mound No. 1 60 



9. Figurines from Mound No. 1 60 



10. a. Section through earthwork inclosing circular space, Santa Rita. b. Sec- 



tion of wall through Santa Rita 70 



11. Egg-shaped vase from Mound No. 5 70 



12. Metates and brazos from Mound No. 6 75 



13. a. Small pottery seal. b. Bowl in which skull was found, c. Skull 75 



14. Skull and bones from Mound No. 8 80 



15. Stone objects from Mound No. 10 88 



16. a. Model of jadeite bivalve shell, b. Light-green jadeite mask. c. Ax head, 



or celt. d. Terra-cotta cylinder 91 



17. Painted basin and cover from Mound No. 16 105 



18. Pottery from Mound No. 16 107 



19. a. Decoration on vase shown in figure 60. b. Decoration of vessel from 



Mound No. 17 110 



20. Incense burner from Mound No. 24 119 



21. a. Small vase decorated with hximan head. b. Human bones from Mound 



No. 29 125 



22. Painted clay figurine from Mound No. 33 131 



23. Pottery vase from Yalloch, Guatemala 142 



24. Pottery vase from Yalloch, Guatemala 142 



25. Pottery vase from Yalloch, Guatemala 142 



26. Pottery cylinder from Yalloch, Guatemala 142 



27. Pottery cylinder from Yalloch, Guatemala 142 



28. Pottery cylinder from Yalloch, Guatemala 142 



TEXT FIGURES 



1. Map showing Yucatan. Campeche, British Honduras, and part oi Guatemala. 14 



2. Gold earrings made and worn by the Santa Cruz Indians 19 



3. Cross of tancasche bark worn by children 19 



4. Powder horn and measure of bamboo used by the Indians 23 



5. Watertight box for caps, matches, or tinder, with corncob stopper 23 



6. Whistle for attracting deer l)y imitating their call 24 



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