. Bulletin. Ethnology. ?ndSkqeuie?]eIZer' EXCAVATIONS AT LA VENTA, TABASCO, 195 5 65 Upper drift sands I Watersorted brown sandy floors (m) a- /// /// in ii» m to hi to Soft brown sand with charcoal (jy Massive pink, while cloy block fp) Red, purple facing^, paint layers \zJ Brown sandy fill (q) obout 80 inches thick lying on top of base drift sand. Figure 20.—-Northwest Platform. North-south profile of platform edge at north end. surface of the sand was much lower here than in the eastern edge of the Court, and in order to bring up the level of the surface a brown sandy clay fill (q) w
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ?ndSkqeuie?]eIZer' EXCAVATIONS AT LA VENTA, TABASCO, 195 5 65 Upper drift sands I Watersorted brown sandy floors (m) a- /// /// in ii» m to hi to Soft brown sand with charcoal (jy Massive pink, while cloy block fp) Red, purple facing^, paint layers \zJ Brown sandy fill (q) obout 80 inches thick lying on top of base drift sand. Figure 20.—-Northwest Platform. North-south profile of platform edge at north end. surface of the sand was much lower here than in the eastern edge of the Court, and in order to bring up the level of the surface a brown sandy clay fill (q) was laid down. Apparently embedded in this is a massive pink and white clay block (p) with sloping sides which bear a few thin red and purple painted facing layers (o). Before this (q) fill was completed this clay block or platform was fashioned and was ex- posed for some time as indicated by the several painted surfacings. The top of the clay block or platform has been sheared off, and on top of it was deposited another fill layer of soft brown sand containing much charcoal (n). The (p) clay structure may have been a pedestal for a monument long since removed. This is one of the bits of evidence we have of construction prior to the deposition of the water-sorted brown sandy floors (m) which are found throughout the Court area. The (m) sandy floors lie on the (n) fill and are succeeded by the fine. 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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