Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^ of the two places of discovery this is not to be wondered at. The mounds A, B, C wQre excavated by Messrs Sapper and Diesel-dorfi^, and the chief discoveries were made in the southern mound. A,a small terraced p3aamid constructed of earth and stone (called in theIndian dialect of that place tzak, that is, masonry). The findsare, in the main, simple, undecorated vessels. Yet single richly dec-orated ones were found among them, as, for example, one which DoctorSapper some years ago gave to Mr Lorenz Eyssen, then in Guat
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^ of the two places of discovery this is not to be wondered at. The mounds A, B, C wQre excavated by Messrs Sapper and Diesel-dorfi^, and the chief discoveries were made in the southern mound. A,a small terraced p3aamid constructed of earth and stone (called in theIndian dialect of that place tzak, that is, masonry). The findsare, in the main, simple, undecorated vessels. Yet single richly dec-orated ones were found among them, as, for example, one which DoctorSapper some years ago gave to Mr Lorenz Eyssen, then in the others the next of importance are the vessels in the formof kneeling female figures, whose removable heads form the covers ofthe vessels. Three such vessels were found in the mound. One fellto the share of Mr Dieseldorff when the results of the excavationswere divided, and he had the great kindness to present it to the Royal. E 1 1 [9] B D G 104 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 28 Museum when he was in Berlin. The second was given to Consul-General Sarg in Guatemala some years ago by Doctor Sapper. Thethird was unfortunately lost on its way to Guatemala. Of the plainer vessels some are cup-shaped, some are jar-shaped, whilesome of them have handles, and others have not. The size, too, variesgreatly. But they had all been covered, it seems, with a shallow bowl,
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