[CONTENTS]

Part 1. Customs, Ceremonies, and Mode of Life
Page
Introduction[13]
Habitat[14]
Personal characteristics[15]
Dress[18]
Industrial activities[20]
Agriculture[20]
Procuring food; cooking[21]
Hunting[23]
Fishing[25]
Construction of houses and furniture[26]
Pottery making[28]
Boat building[28]
Spinning and weaving[29]
Minor industries[30]
Tobacco curing[30]
Basket and mat weaving[30]
Social characteristics[32]
Villages[32]
Marriage and children[32]
Drunkenness[34]
Chiefs[35]
Diseases and medicines[36]
Games[39]
Religion[40]

Part 2. Mound Excavation in the Eastern Maya Area
Introduction[49]
Classification of the mounds[49]
Ancient inhabitants of the region[51]
Physical appearance[51]
Dress[52]
Weapons[52]
Houses[53]
Arts[53]
Musical instruments[54]
Food[55]
Spinning and weaving[55]
Games[56]
Religion[56]
Chronology[58]
Description of mounds[59]
Mound No. 1[59]
Mound No. 2[63]
Mound No. 3[65]
Mound No. 4[67]
Mound No. 5[70]
Mound No. 5 A[72]
Mound No. 6[74]
Mound No. 6 A[78]
Mound No. 7[79]
Mound No. 8[80]
Mound No. 9[83]
Mound No. 10[86]
Mound No. 11[90]
Mound No. 12[92]
Mound No. 13[99]
Mound No. 14[99]
Mound No. 15[103]
Mound No. 16[105]
Mound No. 17[109]
Mound No. 18[111]
Mound No. 19[112]
Mound No. 20[112]
Mound No. 21[114]
Mound No. 22[115]
Mound No. 23[116]
Mound No. 24[118]
Mound No. 25[120]
Mound No. 26[123]
Mound No. 27[124]
Mound No. 28[124]
Mound No. 29[125]
Mound No. 30[125]
Mound No. 31[128]
Mound No. 32[129]
Mound No. 33[130]
Mound No. 34[132]
Mound No. 35[133]
Mound No. 36[134]
Mound No. 37[134]
Mound No. 38[134]
Mound No. 39[135]
Mound No. 40[136]
Mound No. 41[137]
Two painted stucco faces from Uxmal[140]
Authorities cited[143]
Index[145]

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

PLATES
Page
1.Group of Santa Cruz Indians[18]
2.Maya girls fishing[26]
3.Fish drying on one of the cays off the coast of Yucatan[26]
4.Maya Indian houses. a. Leaf-thatched house, b. Indian house on Rio Hondo[26]
5.Maya woman, 105 years old, spinning cotton[29]
6.Maya loom[29]
7.Sketch map of British Honduras, with adjacent parts of Yucatan and Guatemala, indicating the positions of mounds excavated[59]
8.Figurines of warriors from Mound No. 1[60]
9.Figurines from Mound No. 1[60]
10.a. Section through earthwork inclosing circular space, Santa Rita. b. Section of wall through Santa Rita[70]
11.Egg-shaped vase from Mound No. 5[70]
12.Metates and brazos from Mound No. 6[75]
13.a. Small pottery seal. b. Bowl in which skull was found, c. Skull[75]
14.Skull and bones from Mound No. 8[80]
15.Stone objects from Mound No. 10[88]
16.a. Model of jadeite bivalve shell, b. Light-green jadeite mask, c. Ax head, or celt. d. Terra-cotta cylinder[91]
17.Painted basin and cover from Mound No. 16[105]
18.Pottery from Mound No. 16[107]
19.a. Decoration on vase shown in figure [60]. b. Decoration of vessel from Mound No. 17[110]
20.Incense burner from Mound No. 24[119]
21.a. Small vase decorated with human head. b. Human bones from Mound No. 29[125]
22.Painted clay figurine from Mound No. 33[131]
23.Pottery vase from Yalloch, Guatemala[142]
24.Pottery vase from Yalloch, Guatemala[142]
25.Pottery vase from Yalloch, Guatemala[142]
26.Pottery cylinder from Yalloch, Guatemala[142]
27.Pottery cylinder from Yalloch, Guatemala[142]
28.Pottery cylinder from Yalloch, Guatemala[142]

TEXT FIGURES
1.Map showing Yucatan, Campeche, British Honduras, and part of Guatemala[14]
2.Gold earrings made and worn by the Santa Cruz Indians[19]
3.Cross of tancasche bark worn by children[19]
4.Powder horn and measure of bamboo used by the Indians[23]
5.Watertight box for caps, matches, or tinder, with corncob stopper[23]
6.Whistle for attracting deer by imitating their call[24]
7.Indian carrying load of bejuco, a liana used as rope in house building[26]
8.Domestic altar[27]
9.Stonelike substance used to prevent fingers from sticking while spinning[29]
10.Calabash with liana base used in spinning[30]
11.Chichanha Indian priest in front of altar at Cha chac ceremony[43]
12.Priest tracing cross on cake and filling it in with sikil[44]
13.Sacrificing a turkey at the Cha chac ceremony[45]
14.Plan of Santa Rita mounds[59]
15.Figurine from Mound No. 1[60]
16.Figurines from Mound No. 1[61]
17.Unpainted object from Mound No. 1[62]
18.Clay alligator found in Mound No. 2[64]
19.Objects from Mound No. 4[68]
20.Pottery vessels from Mound No. 4[69]
21.Objects found in Mound No. 5[71]
22.Diagram of Mound No. 6[74]
23.Diagram of trenches in Mound No. 6[76]
24.Bowls, vases, and dishes found in Mound No. 6[77]
25.a. Skull. b. Limestone foundation. c. Excavation. d. Grooved flag in situ. e. Projecting lip[78]
26.Circular openings leading into natural cavity[80]
27.Ground plan of chultun[82]
28.Ground plan of Mound No. 9[84]
29.Wall construction of Mound No. 9[84]
30.Details of Mound No. 9[85]
31.Obsidian object and pottery vase from Mound No. 10[87]
32.Obsidian arrowhead from Mound No. 10[89]
33.Flint object from Mound No. 10[89]
34.Obsidian object from Mound No. 10[90]
35.Inscription on mask, plate [16], b.[91]
36.Inscription on ax head, plate [16], c.[92]
37.Flint spearheads[94]
38.Flint objects[94]
39.Devices scratched on stucco in aboriginal building[95]
40.Eccentrically shaped implements found at summit of mound[96]
41.Flint object found at base of stela[96]
42.Flint object found at base of stela[96]
43.Flints found in ruins at Naranjo[97]
44.Objects from Benque Viejo[98]
45.Obsidian objects found in a mound near Benque Viejo[99]
46.Flint object from Seven Hills[100]
47.Horseshoe-shaped flint object found near San Antonio[100]
48.Figure from River Thames, near London[101]
49.Flint objects from Tennessee[102]
50.Flint objects from Italy[103]
51.Small cup-shaped vase from Mound No. 15[104]
52.Objects from Mound No. 15[104]
53.Conventionalized representation of bird on vessel shown in plate [17][106]
54.Decoration on vessel shown in plate [17][106]
55.Perforated beads found in Mound No. 16[107]
56.Jadeite beads found in Mound No. 16[107]
57.a. Circular shell disks from Mound No. 16. b. Greenstone ear plugs from Mound No. 17[108]
58.Obsidian disk inserted in tooth of skeleton found in Mound No. 17[109]
59.Bird carrying a fish outlined on shallow plaque found in Mound No. 17[110]
60.Cylindrical pottery vase found in Mound No. 17[110]
61.Larger pottery vase found in Mound No. 17[111]
62.Coiled plumed serpent painted on plaque found in Mound No. 17[111]
63.Pottery vase found in Mound No. 18[112]
64.Glyph outlined on outer surface of rim of vase shown in figure [63][112]
65.Torso, head, and headdress from Mound No. 20[113]
66.Fragment of pillar found in Mound No. 20[113]
67.Another view of incense burner shown in plate [20][119]
68.Incense burner decorated with crude clay figurine from Mound No. 25[120]
69.Crude clay figurine found in Mound No. 25[121]
70.Crude clay figurine found in Mound No. 25[122]
71.Small pottery vases found in Mound No. 26[123]
72.Red pottery vase found in Mound No. 27[124]
73.Pottery vessels found in Mound No. 31[128]
74.Chocolate pot found in Mound No. 31[128]
75.Pottery vessels found in Mound No. 32[129]
76.Head cut from limestone found in Mound No. 32[130]
77.Greenstone mask found in Mound No. 32[130]
78.Soapstone lamp found in Mound No. 33[131]
79.Rough pottery vessel found in Mound No. 33[132]
80.Objects found in Mound No. 34[132]
81.Figure in diving position on small vase[133]
82.Design incised on femur of deer found in Mound No. 39[135]
83.Copper object found in Mound No. 39[136]
84.Ruins found in Mound No. 40[137]