The American Egypt : a record of travel in Yucatan . ^ r* &y v £It^ M*r^ JtrlL Pa V / fe#P ( V , I lit ^ FRIEZE AT PIEDRAS NEGRAS, USUMACINTA RIVER.(From a photograph by Herr Maler.) p. 212]. STELA AT COPAN, GUATEMALA. COPAN AND QUIRIGUA 213 for the remarkable detailed account contained in the BiologiaCentrali Americana, says the site must have always beensubject to inundations, and that the level of the groundwould appear to have been raised since the monuments wereerected. He describes the ruins as consisting of numeroussquare and oblong mounds and terraces 6 to 40 feet of them are
The American Egypt : a record of travel in Yucatan . ^ r* &y v £It^ M*r^ JtrlL Pa V / fe#P ( V , I lit ^ FRIEZE AT PIEDRAS NEGRAS, USUMACINTA RIVER.(From a photograph by Herr Maler.) p. 212]. STELA AT COPAN, GUATEMALA. COPAN AND QUIRIGUA 213 for the remarkable detailed account contained in the BiologiaCentrali Americana, says the site must have always beensubject to inundations, and that the level of the groundwould appear to have been raised since the monuments wereerected. He describes the ruins as consisting of numeroussquare and oblong mounds and terraces 6 to 40 feet of them are faced with worked stone, and approachedby steps. In the central space around which they are groupedstand thirteen carved stelae. Six of these vary between 3 and5 feet square, and 14 to 20 feet high out of the ground. Thealtars in front of these stelae are described by Mr. Maudslayas oblong or rounded blocks of stone shaped to representhuge turtles or armadillos or some such animals. The largestaltar found by him was shaped like a turtle, weighed about20 tons, rested on three slabs, and was roughly a cube of8 feet. He says that the carvings on the stelae and altarsare human heads or f
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