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ANTIQUITIES OF THE GULF COAST OF AII-LXICO 



Several years ago (1904-1905) Dr. Fewkes made a preliminary 

 trip to the Mexican states, \'era Cruz and Tamaulipas, for the pur- 

 pose of tracing the relationship of the Totonac and Huaxtec Indians 

 along the (lulf coast to the mound builders in the United States, or 



Fig. 92. — Front view of painted clay drir.king 

 vessel with hollow handle. Tempoal, Vera Cruz. 

 Courtesy of Drs. Adrian, Stauh, and Mr. Muir. 



across the (iulf of Mexico to the prehistoric inhabitants of Porto 

 Rico and Cuba or other adjacent Antilles. A fair beginning was then 

 made in this direction and the results were published in the Twenty- 

 fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. He 

 lias again taken up the ]iroblem. and through the kindness of friends 

 has collected additional data l)earii"ig on these (juestions. 



