The American Egypt : a record of travel in Yucatan . nin Yucatan exquisite pieces of jade cut into face form andpierced. These were talismanic plastrons, worn by the priestson their breast much as the Lord Mayor of London wears theCity Badge. We shall suggest later that these badges con-stitute valuable evidence as to the origin of the building civili-sation. In the reproduction of the elliptical tablet from thepalace at Palenque on p. 217, just such an amulet is seendecorating the breast of the deity there figured. ColonelGalindo also found many jade beads and large quantities ofperiwinkle sh
The American Egypt : a record of travel in Yucatan . nin Yucatan exquisite pieces of jade cut into face form andpierced. These were talismanic plastrons, worn by the priestson their breast much as the Lord Mayor of London wears theCity Badge. We shall suggest later that these badges con-stitute valuable evidence as to the origin of the building civili-sation. In the reproduction of the elliptical tablet from thepalace at Palenque on p. 217, just such an amulet is seendecorating the breast of the deity there figured. ColonelGalindo also found many jade beads and large quantities ofperiwinkle shells. It might be here worth mention that weourselves found in a ruin we were examining on Cozumelisland, a large conch shell filled with charcoal which was actu-ally embedded in the outer wall. Its position forbade theidea of it or the charcoal having got there by mere chance. Just above this sepulchral vault Stephens found a passage-way opening through the side of the pyramid, and runningas far as the river-wall, where there was an oblong opening. BAS-RELIEF ON SOUTH SIDE OF ALTAR AT COPAN.
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