ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XV 



examination of the fine collection of Governor Dehesa, as well 

 as to the collection of Seiiora Estafania and others. The vicin- 

 ity of Xalapa was found to be particularly rich in ruins and 

 mounds, among which are those at Coatepec, Bandarilla, 

 and Xalapa Viejo. An excui"sion was made also to Texolo, 

 where there are thirteen or more large mounds, some of 

 which are evidently the remains of temples of an old Totonac 

 city. Xico Viejo, an imdescribed ruin of a Nahuatl gamson 

 town mentioned by Bernal Diaz and Gomara, was also 

 visited in the mountains near the trail taken by Cortes 

 from the coast to the City of Mexico in 1519. Instructive 

 photographs of this ruin were taken, and notes made on the 

 idols and pottery found in the neighborhood. 



Doctor Fewkes made two visits to the ruins of Cempoa- 

 lan, about 20 miles from the city of Veracruz. On the first 

 visit he was accompanied by an official representative of 

 Governor Dehesa, 1iy the alcalde of San Carlos, a neighbor- 

 ing town, and Ij}' the inspector and owner of the ruins. On 

 the second trip, when he spent a week at the ruins. Governor 

 Dehesa kindly permitted him to employ the services of the 

 State photographer, Senor Ximenes. 



At the close of March Doctor Fewkes visited the old city 

 of Villa Rica de la Veracruz, now called Antigua, founded 

 by Cortes. In the neighborhood of this city, but on the 

 opposite side of the river, he found many mounds indicating 

 the site of a large prehistoric city. Other niins were observed 

 at Santa Fe. 



Doctor Fewkes examined some of the antiquities about 

 Cordova and Orizaba; he also visited the pyramid of Cho- 

 lula, near Puebla, and near the middle of April proceeded 

 to the state of Tamaulipas, spending about three weeks at 

 Tampico in a study of the numerous ruins along the Panuco 

 and Tamesi rivers and on the adjacent lagoons, and in visit- 

 ing the extensive shell heaps and temple mounds a mile east 

 of Tampico and others not far from the site of the old town, 

 Tampico Viejo. Doctor Fewkes found numerous antiquities 

 at Altamira and mounds on the banks of the Champayan 

 lagoon. Many other evidences of former occupancy, as 

 idols, pottery, stone weapons, and ornaments, were seen in 



