. Bulletin. Ethnology. Fig. 51.—Small cup-shaped vase from Mound No. 15. consisted of light-brown earth, which contained nothing of interest. For the next 3^ feet there were large blocks of limestone, the inter- stices between which were filled with limestone dust and debris. In these were found large quantities of potshej-ds, some well painted and polished, together with part of the inferior maxilla of a medium- sized carnivore, probably a puma. At a depth of 3^ feet a number of stone flags, each nearly 5 feet in length and from 4 to 6 inches in thickness, were exposed; on re- moving these a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Fig. 51.—Small cup-shaped vase from Mound No. 15. consisted of light-brown earth, which contained nothing of interest. For the next 3^ feet there were large blocks of limestone, the inter- stices between which were filled with limestone dust and debris. In these were found large quantities of potshej-ds, some well painted and polished, together with part of the inferior maxilla of a medium- sized carnivore, probably a puma. At a depth of 3^ feet a number of stone flags, each nearly 5 feet in length and from 4 to 6 inches in thickness, were exposed; on re- moving these a small chamber appeared, of which the flags formed the roof. The walls of the chamber, or cist, were built of squared stones mortared together; it was 6 feet long, 6 feet high, and 4 feet broad; the floor was of light- brown, very fine river sand. On carefully re- moving the sand the following objects were brought to light at depths varying from 3 feet below the surface of the sand to the bottom of the chamber: (a) A small round, cup-shaped vase, shown in figure 51, pamted bright yellow and finely polished. It is 10 cm. high by 8| cm. in its greatest diameter. On its outer surface are tw^o grotesque monkey-like figures, the outline of one of which is shown in figure 52, a. 0^) A small thin bowl of the shape shown in figure 52, e, pamted yellow throughout, well pol- ished, and ornamented ex- teriorly with geometrical de- vices in red and black, (c) A somewhat larger bowl than the next preceding, of the shape seen in figure 52,/. The geometrical ornamen- tation on the outer surface is executed in low relief, and was afterwards painted over, (d) A large circular plaque painted yellow throughout, 42 cm. in diameter. Tliis plaque had been polished but shows considerable signs of hard usage before burial, (e) A plaque-flke vessel, 9 cm. m height, with the design repre- sented in figure 52, d, of a hmnanf ace separated from a dragon's head by the Maya numeral 7, repeated around the o
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