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