Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . 1 in. = 8 of Temple. 24 RUINS NEAR northern hill, and with some difficulty were able to trace the walls of a building whichmust have closely resembled its companion facing it on the opposite side of the the broken floor of the chamber we discovered portions of three earthen pots andsome fragments of a good-sized stucco figure. We were able to piece together twofragments of a well-modelled face, which must have been about ten inches in breadth,and to
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . 1 in. = 8 of Temple. 24 RUINS NEAR northern hill, and with some difficulty were able to trace the walls of a building whichmust have closely resembled its companion facing it on the opposite side of the the broken floor of the chamber we discovered portions of three earthen pots andsome fragments of a good-sized stucco figure. We were able to piece together twofragments of a well-modelled face, which must have been about ten inches in breadth,and to ascertain that the eyes had been made of obsidian. Almost all round the ruined town there are numberless limestone hills betweenfifty and three hundred feet in height, and at the topof nearly every one of them are foundation-moundsor tumuli. In some cases these foundations aremerely outlined in rough stones, in others theyare flat oblong mounds, which may have supportedbuildings of a perishable material. A commonarrangement of the remains on these hilltops is givenin the accompanying sketch. I opened one set thusarranged. The mound A had probably supported asmall
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