Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley

Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley (1901)
by Teobert Maler
1801934Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley1901Teobert Maler

MEMOIRS

OF THE

PEABODY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND
ETHNOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Vol. II—No. 1




RESEARCHES IN THE CENTRAL PORTION

OF THE

USUMATSINTLA VALLEY


Report of Explorations for the Museum, 1898-1900



BY

TEOBERT MALER




CAMBRIDGE:
PUBLISHED BY THE MUSEUM
1901

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE
List of Plates 5
Editorial Note 7
I. La Reforma 9
II. Chinikihá 10
III. Cháncala 13
IV. Xupá 17
V. Pethá 22
VI. Piedras Negras 40

CONTENTS.

PAGE
List of Plates 81
VII. El Cayo 83
VIII. Budsilhá 89
IX. La Mar 93
X. El Chile 96
XI. Anaité II 98
XII. El Chicozapote 100
XIII. Yāxchilan 104
XIV. Visit to Andres Bolon 198
XV. San Lorenzo 203

LIST OF PLATES.

PLATE
I. Sketch Map of the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley.
II. Chinikihá. Sculptured Glyphs upon Frontal Faces of Stone Table.
III. Cháncala. Pyramid and Temple.
IV.      " Waterfall, Rio Cháncala.
V. Lake Pethá 1-3, 5-6, Maler's Men in Indian Dugout or Cayuco.
   "    " 4, Lacantun Indians.
VI.    "    " 1, Maler's Men and Lacantun Indians in Cayucos
   "    " 2-5, Lacantun Indians.
   "    " 6, Incense Vessels from the "House of the Dead Brother."
VII. Piedras Negras. 1. River Scene near Sacrificial Rock.
   "    " 2. Altar 3.
VIII.    "    " Altar 1.
IX.    "    " Altar 4.
X.    "    " One of the Supports of Altar 2.
XI.    "    " One of the Supports of an Altar.
XII.    "    " Stela 1.
XIII.    "    " Stela 3.
XIV.    "    " Stela 4.
XV.    "    " Stelæ 2, 5 and 6.
XVI.    "    " Stela 7.
XVII.    "    " Stela 8.
XVIII.    "    " Stelæ 9 and 13.
XIX.    "    " Stela 10.
XX.    "    " Stelæ 11 and 14.
XXI.    "    " Stela 12.
XXII.    "    " Stela 25 (Cast in Peabody Museum).
XXIII.    "    " Stela 26.
XXIV.    "    " Stela 29.
XXV.    "    " Stela 31.
XXVI.    "    " Stelæ 32 and 33.
XXVII.    "    " Stela 34 (Cast in Peabody Museum).
XXVIII.    "    " Stela 35.
XXIX.    "    " Stela 36 (Cast in Peabody Museum).
XXX.    "    " Lintel 1 (Fragment).
XXXI.    "    " Lintel 2.
XXXII.    "    " Lintel 4 (Cast in Peabody Museum).
XXXIII.    "    " Plan of the Ruins.

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