NO. 2 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I918 



83 



The general appearance of ruined Ijuildini^s or mounds, locally 

 calleil ■■ cuves "" (fig'. 90), situated along the Panuco River, ^Mexico, 

 recalls that of Louisiana mounds, but unlike them, as a rule, they 

 were faced with stone work, absent in all the mounds of the ]\lissis- 

 sippi \ alley. On top of the Mexican mounds there stood a stone 

 superstructure or temple, but the mounds show no indication of 

 walls within, as is the case with artificial stone heaps in Colorado, 



Fk;. 94. — Stone slal) from the Cerro Cehadilla, V. S. 

 Xatioiial Museum. Courtesy of Drs. Adrian, Staub, 

 and .\ir. .\luir. 



I'tah, .\riz(iiia, and .\cw Mi'xiro. Tlics.' remain^ and ]i(illcr\ ob- 

 jects (figs. 91, ijj ) found near ihcni ari' asi-ribrd to the aiuicnl 

 1 lua.xlec Indians. 



Tlie figurines ( W'j;. (;,^ ) made ol burn! cla\ ibal ba\'c brcn cxbunicd 

 ironi ihc^e nioiuHN recall in a <li'-laiit \\a\ tlu' cla\ beads touiid in 

 thf ,\ntilles, but more cIom-K rcscnililc those oi the niainland. I be 

 ancient ])Ottery ol' the inhabitants of iIk' \ alley of the I'anuco is allied 



