Transcriber’s Notes: Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Typographical errors have been silently corrected. SWEDISH SOCIETY OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY NICARAGUAN ANTIQUITIES BY CARL BOVALLIUS STOCKHOLM, 1886 KONGL. BOKTRYCKERIET P. A. NORSTEDT & SÖNER TO THE ROYAL ANTIQUARY OF SWEDEN DR. HANS HILDEBRAND THIS WORK, THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH HAS BEEN POSSIBLE ONLY BY HIS KIND EXERTIONS, IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. Nicaragua is a very rich field for research to the student of American Archæology, and so I found it during my two years stay in Central America. I had there the good fortune several times to meet with localities more or less rich in remains from the prehistoric or rather pre-spanish period. Not very much being known about Central American antiquities, and the literature on this subject being very poor, especially with regard to the Nicaraguan ones, I purpose here to describe briefly and to figure the more important statues, rock-carvings, ceramic objects etc., found by me in Nicaragua and partly delineated or photographed on the spot, partly brought home to Sweden. Unfortunately I wanted the means of carrying home any of the statues; but my Nicaraguan collections contain a number of more easily transportable relics, mostly examples of pottery. These are now deposited in the ethnographic collection of the R. Swedish State Museum. The accompanying plates are all executed after my original sketches or photographs taken on the spot. Most of the statues have never before been figured or described; some of them are mentioned and figured by E. G. SQUIER[1] in his splendid work on Nicaragua. As it turned out, however, on comparisons being made by me on the spot, that some of Squier’s figures do not quite agree with the originals, I have thought fit to publish also my own drawings of these previously figured statues, 6 in number. [1] Nicaragua: its people, scenery, monuments, and the proposed interoceanic canal. With numerous original maps and illustrations. In two volumes. London, 1852.