. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 4] COSTA RICA-NICAKAGUA ARCHEOLOGY—STRONG 129 late as 1890 (Lothrop, 1926 b, vol. 2, p. 435), very few chipped artifacts are recorded. Hartman (1907, pi. 32, No. 7) figures one large, stemmed point. The most elaborate of the ground-stone artifact types is the cere- monial metate from the Nicoya region (pi. 13, /, g). This is char- acterized by three legs in contrast to the 4-legged form of the Highland and Chiriqui regions. Hartman notes that the Nicoyan metates have either triangular or circular legs. Both types are elaborately decorated, the former with a projecti
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 4] COSTA RICA-NICAKAGUA ARCHEOLOGY—STRONG 129 late as 1890 (Lothrop, 1926 b, vol. 2, p. 435), very few chipped artifacts are recorded. Hartman (1907, pi. 32, No. 7) figures one large, stemmed point. The most elaborate of the ground-stone artifact types is the cere- monial metate from the Nicoya region (pi. 13, /, g). This is char- acterized by three legs in contrast to the 4-legged form of the Highland and Chiriqui regions. Hartman notes that the Nicoyan metates have either triangular or circular legs. Both types are elaborately decorated, the former with a projecting animal head and geometric patterns; the latter is usually larger and has animal decorative patterns. Manos, or grinding stones, are larger than the width of the metate. A stirrup-shaped grinding stone, with an ornamental handle, is an interesting form (fig. 20, left). The full function of these very elaborate metates is 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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