Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . undswere tombs only. The vessels buried with thebodies appear to have consisted of a flat dish and a round pot. The body was probably seated with its knees doubled up, for we foundthe fragments of bones all close together, and portions of the skull in the midst ofthem. In one instance the skull, or rather the earthen impression of it, was actuallyresting in the dish and the bones lying around it, as though the body had been seatedin the dish, and as the skeleton had decayed th
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . undswere tombs only. The vessels buried with thebodies appear to have consisted of a flat dish and a round pot. The body was probably seated with its knees doubled up, for we foundthe fragments of bones all close together, and portions of the skull in the midst ofthem. In one instance the skull, or rather the earthen impression of it, was actuallyresting in the dish and the bones lying around it, as though the body had been seatedin the dish, and as the skeleton had decayed the skull had sunk down through found three or four chipped stone lance-heads, a good deal of unworked flint, butonly two obsidian flakes. There were also a few pieces of mealing-stones and aconsiderable number of potsherds showing traces of yellow and black and redcolouring. A little trickling stream at the foot of the hills had evidently formedpart of the water-supply of the ancient inhabitants, for it was enclosed by a wallforming an irregular oval about twenty-five by forty feet. On the level ground fe^. RUINS NEAR RABINAL. 25 between the hills we found several round holes about eighteen inches in diameter,faced with plaster or stone, forming the mouths of small underground chambers,which may have been intended for storage, or possibly were used for vapour-baths. RUINS NEAP, &ABINAL. (Plates LXX. & LXXI.) The two towns of Cubulco and Eabinal in the province of the Baja Vera Paz aresituated about twelve miles apart at either end of a plain surrounded by high rangesof hills. Lower hills run out into the plain from north and south, and almost divideit in two near the middle, and spurs of the high range and partly detached hills jutout into the plain from all sides. Many of these lower hill-tops are the sites ofancient Indian buildings, and on one of them, to the north of the town of Eabinal,the ruins are visible from the town itself. I rode through this valley in 1887, b
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