Identifier: explorationsfiel193336smit (find matches)
Title: Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in ..
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution
Subjects: Scientific expeditions
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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tiG. 53.—Trenching tip of large mound at Wankybila. 46 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
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Pi i^ u. fc SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I933 47 to another Sumu village. While fishing here, some i8o miles from saltwater, we caught a 4-foot fresh-water shark, the first to be recordedfrom these rivers (fig. 55). The party divided at this point, Mr.Payne and Mr. Haskell continuing up the Patuca to examine somesmall mounds on the Cuyamel branch, while I remained at Wankybilato excavate. Assisted by some Miskito Indians, I mapped the large,definitely arranged plaza and earthworks, making trial excavations infour mounds, which proved to be entirely of earth with cores of red,))urned clay (figs. ^2c, 53). All the pottery obtained from this andother sites on the Patuca, Wampu, and Cuyamel Rivers is of a simpleChorotegan type, and no evidence of Maya occupation was observed.The lower and middle river does not seem to be very promisingarcheologically, but further work at Wankybila should vield valuableresults. While engaged in this work, considerable excitement was causedby the passage of si

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