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.   Punta del Sapote forms a broad, rounded peninsula, the greatest length of which is in N.E. and S.W. Its middle part is a large plateau, about 150 m. high, sloping rapidly both towards the lake and the neck of the peninsula, and thus formi

At the mound 1 ( Pl. 41 ), the largest of all, and the one situated farthest to the north and west, several statues were found remaining in the same position, that they originally must have occupied, because the mound was still surrounded by six figures, standing in its circumference; and larger or smaller fragments of the pedestals of three others were found in the ground, although the statues themselves were thrown down beside them, and more or less broken. Judging by the regular distances bet

This mound, also oval, was much smaller than mound 1; its longer diameter was eighteen meters, the shorter twelve. It was situated due E. of 1, separated from it by a depression in the ground, ten to twelve meters in breadth, and was made up of more or less irregular stones. It is impossible to decide whether this mound has also been surrounded by a series of statues, and in such a case, by which, because even those statues which were found in the neighborhood of it, did not remain in situ, but

It was situated due S. of mound 2, and held rather the same dimensions, but it was less symmetrical in form. Near it only R and R 1, two large stone-slabs, lids, or parts of a wall, ornamented with human figures in high-relief, were found....

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 free....

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. G Pl. 9 and 10 . This statue, a double figure, was dug up out of

  Squier visited this locality in December 1849; it is a little plateau, formed by an extension of the margin of the crater surrounding the Bahia de Chiquero. To the west it slopes pretty abruptly towards the Bahia; to the north it shelves gradually towards the low promontory, Punta de las Figuras , which is separated from the south-eastern point of the islet of Ceiba, Punta de Pantheon , by a sound, 50 m. broad; to the east the plateau descends rapidly towards the lake of Nicaragua, and to the

  Ceiba has certainly been densely populated in ancient times. This fact is testified by the rich quantities of relics discovered there from time to time. In Rivas Dr. Flint showed me objects of bronze, stone, and earthen-ware as well as small ornaments of thin golden plate, spirally twisted glass-staves a. o., that were found in Ceiba. And although my own excavations did not turn out so productive as I had been led to expect by the rich treasures I had seen from the island, they, however, yield

  1. Pl. 33 . Human figure of terra cotta; painted with a blackish colour; still well preserved. Height 72 mm. Ceiba.   2. Pl. 33 . Human figure, sitting, with the arms against the hips; of terra cotta; painted with brown-red and black colours on a light yellow ground. Height 144 mm. Ometepec , stat. 4.   3. Pl. 33 . Headless figure, resembling the preceding; terra cotta; painted only in two colours, light yellow and brown-red. Height from the shoulders 90 mm. Zapatera , Punta del Sapote, from t

Smaller objects of stone 24. Pl. 35 . Head of an animal, well cut. It seems to have formed part of the side of a stone vase or can. Zapatera , Punta del Sapote. 25. Pl. 35 . File or rasp. Zapatera , Punta del Sapote, the mound 3. 26. Pl. 35 . Molidor or pestle for pounding seed. Ometepec , stat. 3. 27. Pl. 35 . Chisel. Zapatera , Punta del Sapote, the mound 3. 28. Pl. 35 . Chisel. Ceiba....