CONTENTS 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



Vol. I. 



(TEX T.) 



Pages 



PREFACE iii-v 



INTRODUCTION 1-4 



COPAN. 



Principal Notices and Descriptions of the Ruins 5-9 



Personal Narrative 10-13 



General Description of Site 14-16 



Detailed Description of Principal Structures 17-32 



Description of Stelae and Altars 33-69 



Description of ornament ; the Feathered Serpent 33-35 



Notation and the Initial Series 39-42 



Serpent Bird 63-64 



Expedition of 1894 65-66 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



Esquipulas 1 



Church at Esquipulas 4 



Stone Head found lying on the Southern Slopes (Copan) 9 



Square Altar (T) in the Village of Copan 10 



View of the principal group of ruined structures from the N.W 14 



Sketch Map of the Site of Ruins at Copan 15 



*Part of the face of a step from the Hieroglyphic Stairway 16 



* See page 69. 



