Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . rity of the ancient remains areburied to considerable depths, being exposed in the cut banks of theriver (figs. /8, 79). Near Progreso, at Las Flores Bolsa, we madetwo large and deep cuts (fig. 78). The 4 meters of human depositat this site seem to be relatively late and like the majority of down-river sites was rather poor. Burials occurred, usually unaccompaniedby artifacts, but one had among other objects a copper fish was the only metal artifact recovered in all our excavations. Weremoved the broken pottery and ot
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . rity of the ancient remains areburied to considerable depths, being exposed in the cut banks of theriver (figs. /8, 79). Near Progreso, at Las Flores Bolsa, we madetwo large and deep cuts (fig. 78). The 4 meters of human depositat this site seem to be relatively late and like the majority of down-river sites was rather poor. Burials occurred, usually unaccompaniedby artifacts, but one had among other objects a copper fish was the only metal artifact recovered in all our excavations. Weremoved the broken pottery and other cultural materials by 30-centi-meter layers and the exact changes in ceramic styles are now beingworked out in the laboratory. Near Santa Rita, on Farm 17, wemade even larger stratigraphic excavations in a site rich in the finesttypes of Ulua polychrome pottery. This site is some 35 kilometers SMITHSONIAN EXTLORATIONS. I936 79 ^p g, ^ ^. ^ ^^ s^^wf^ rtif^t^ Fig. 74.—Potsherds, spindle whorls, and other artifacts from Naco. ProbablyNahuatl. (Scale, i inch.). Fig. 75.—Group of pots from one grave at La Ceiba, Lake Yojoa. Polychrome period.
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