. Bulletin. Ethnology. BLACK I I BVfF. Figure 3.—Decoration on exterior of polychrome vessel from Mound 3. the floor of the house raised on a low, solid substructure. On the death of the owner, among the Maya, we know that not infrequently he was buried beneath the floor of his house with some of his pos- sessions, after which a mound was erected on the site of the house. Usually with burials of this kind bones are found, which in this case may have disintegrated so completely that not even the teeth, which outlast all other skeletal remains, survived. The absence of other objects, such as orn
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BLACK I I BVfF. Figure 3.—Decoration on exterior of polychrome vessel from Mound 3. the floor of the house raised on a low, solid substructure. On the death of the owner, among the Maya, we know that not infrequently he was buried beneath the floor of his house with some of his pos- sessions, after which a mound was erected on the site of the house. Usually with burials of this kind bones are found, which in this case may have disintegrated so completely that not even the teeth, which outlast all other skeletal remains, survived. The absence of other objects, such as ornaments, weapons, and implements used by the deceased during his life and buried with him for use in the next world is, if this be a house-mound burial, far more difficult to explain. The second vessel appears to indicate that this burial belonged to the Holmul III period, though the spheroidal vessel with high rim does not occur at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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