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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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302 TEE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL question is an important one, and fur- ther work will be necessary here before the apparent anachronism can be satis- factorily explained. By specialization of work, it was pos- sible to gather in four days sufficient data for a preliminary report on the site. Mr. Carpenter devoted himself exclusively to the photographic record, which involved considerable clearing. Dr. Gann spent all his time copying the mural paintings, while Mr. Lothrop made the observations for the map, ground plans, and elevations, and drew an excellent panorama of the site. The
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"Temple 16" contains the best preserved wall paintings at Tu- loom. These are on the inner walls of the outer corridor of the first story, and portray the deities of the Maya pantheon in acts of sacrifice. Niches over the doorways are filled with representations in stucco of the human figure. This temple shows several different periods of construction. Before a good photograph could be obtained, the roof of the first story had to be cleared of its screen of riotous vegetation writer copied the inscription on the monument, drew the figure, and made the general arch?eological notes on the site. Dr. Underbill remained on the '"'Corozal to watch the crew. These cowardly fellows, with but one excep- tion, flatly refused to leave the boat, and spent the days and nights in dis- cussing the "Indian peril," which was never acute. Dr. Gann and the writer slept on shore four nights without any untoward interruptions. Evidence of recent Indian visits to the ruins, how- ever, was not wanting—meat-slings, broken turtle-eggs, and candle-drip- pings being found in sev- eral of the buildings. But at last work was over, and the moment for leaving the ruins had come. With profound re- gret all bade good-by to this romantic spot, so re- plete with memories of an- other time and people. Our incursion was but transitory, our noise of occupation, fleeting; and again the crumbling tem- ples were left to the soli- tude of the bush, and its all-engulfing vegetation. The "Corozal" weighed anchor, and put out past the reef to open sea. A norther was raging out- side, and for the next twelve hours it was doubt- ful whether or not the an- cient craft would weather the storm. Huge waves crashed over her bows, and all but beat her to the bot- tom. She lost her copper sheathing and when within some ten miles of Belize, her coal o-ave out. Fortu-

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