. Bulletin. Ethnology. Gank] ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH HONDURAS 25 on a flattened base and its opening was surrounded by a wide flaring rim, near the junction of which with the body was a looped handle, another similar one being placed on the opposite side near the base of the vessel. The third pot (pi. 3, 6) was similar in shape to the last, but half an inch higher. It also possessed two looped handles, both on the same side of the vessel close to the junction of the rim. Figure 5.—Mound 9. Section through lower wall, a, Upper cornice, b. Recess, c. Ledge on which vessels were found, d, Sloping w
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Gank] ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH HONDURAS 25 on a flattened base and its opening was surrounded by a wide flaring rim, near the junction of which with the body was a looped handle, another similar one being placed on the opposite side near the base of the vessel. The third pot (pi. 3, 6) was similar in shape to the last, but half an inch higher. It also possessed two looped handles, both on the same side of the vessel close to the junction of the rim. Figure 5.—Mound 9. Section through lower wall, a, Upper cornice, b. Recess, c. Ledge on which vessels were found, d, Sloping wall, e, Lower recess, f, Thiclc stucco layer covering wall, g. Cut-stone masonry, h. Stucco floor, k. Mound structure. with the body. The fourth pot was almost exactly like the third except that it possessed three instead of two looped handles. All these vessels were covered by round lids made from sherds of some large, thin, glazed red-ware vessel, and all held a considerable quantity of a grayish friable concretion, buried in which, in vessel No. 2. were small fragments of bone. It seems probable that all con- tained food offerings, which had disintegrated in the course of time, leaving nothing by which to identify them except a few fragments of bone. Work on this mound was discontinued for several weeks after the north surface of the wall had been exposed at the bottom of the 77118—39 3. 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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