. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. k I Fig. 20. Pottery ornaments from Guatemala. seler] ANTIQUITIES OF GUATEMALA 101 fact that this is so distinctly brought out in the heads of San JuanChamelco is of especial weight. It proves that the ancient inhabitantsof Vera Paz were under the immediate influence of the civilized nationwhich had erected the monumental structures of Copan, perhaps wereidentical with them; at any rate, that they were closely akin to , I will not omit to mention that this peculiar manner of filingthe teeth is seen on the p
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. k I Fig. 20. Pottery ornaments from Guatemala. seler] ANTIQUITIES OF GUATEMALA 101 fact that this is so distinctly brought out in the heads of San JuanChamelco is of especial weight. It proves that the ancient inhabitantsof Vera Paz were under the immediate influence of the civilized nationwhich had erected the monumental structures of Copan, perhaps wereidentical with them; at any rate, that they were closely akin to , I will not omit to mention that this peculiar manner of filingthe teeth is seen on the pottery pipes of the Strebel Ranchito delas Animas collection, the so-called uTotonac priests, which aresitting, standing, or carousing figures, dressed in a peculiar capelikeovergarment. In this connection a few other small antiquities, some of which arecontained in the Sapper collection, and some in the Dieseldorff collec-tion, from this region, seem to me to be of importance. These are redpottery tablets with a rectangular border, on which, between raisedintersecting m
Size: 1377px × 1816px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectcalendar, bookyear190
