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(1886) [MARC] Author: Carl Bovallius
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STONE-MOUND 4.

Due S. of mound 1. Respectively twelve and ten meters in diameter.
Near it the statues M, P and Q were found, none of which can, however,
be with certainty alleged to have been roof-supporter. P has surely stood
quite tree.

Situated furthest southwards, of the same dimensions as mound 2, but
containing a much less quantity of stones. Only one statue, F 1, was found there.

The smallest of all, situated furthest to the east, of a more irregular
form. In its vicinity three statues were found, of which only one, O, was
delineated. The others were crushed into small fragments.

The smaller objects found by excavations made in, and beside these
mounds, will be spoken of in connection with the other ceramic relics,
discovered in Ometepec and Zapatera.

I now return to the description of the several statues.

STONE-MOUND 5.

STONE-MOUND 6.

PI. 9 and 10.

This statue, a double figure, was dug up out of the ground between the
mounds 1 and 2. It has probably stood free, because considerable portions
of its back were well elaborated. It is quite evident, that it has not

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