LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF MAYA WORDS

PART 1. CUSTOMS, CEREMONIES, AND MODE OF LIFE

INTRODUCTION

HABITAT

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS Villages

PART 2. MOUND EXCAVATION IN THE EASTERN MAYA AREA

INTRODUCTION Classification of the Mounds

DESCRIPTION OF MOUNDS Mound No. 1

TWO PAINTED STUCCO FACES FROM UXMAL

AUTHORITIES CITED

INDEX

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY

BULLETIN 64

THE MAYA INDIANS OF SOUTHERN YUCATAN
AND NORTHERN BRITISH HONDURAS

BY

THOMAS W. F. GANN

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1918