Travels amongst American Indians - their ancient earthworks and temples - including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal (14760497196)

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Title: Travels amongst American Indians : their ancient earthworks and temples : including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal

Year: 1894 (1890s)

Authors: Brine, Lindesay, 1834-1906

Subjects: Indians -- Antiquities Guatemala -- Antiquities Mexico -- Antiquities North America -- Description and travel

Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston & Company

Contributing Library: Brown University Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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eet stood on a base upon which was carved thehieroglyph which probably denoted the name. Theforehead was low and straight. The face was com-pletely different in type and expression, from that ofany known race of Indians. The head was sur-mounted by a kind of high tiara. The left handheld in front of the figure a small head, in the sameposition as in the little figure at Ocosingo. As, after completing the circuit of the mounds,there were still a few hours at my disposal beforeleaving Palenque so as to reach the village beforenight-fall, I decided to devote the time to the in-vestigation of certain problems regarding the age andconstruction of the buildings. But in the first place, THE MONASTERY. 311 attention should be directed to the manner in whichthe open comets within the monastery are disposed,and ^access is obtained to the rooms beneath thecorridors. Commencing from the east front, thereare two ranges of corridors which are separatedthroughout their whole length by a strong wall.

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which receives the thrust of the two inner slopessupporting the roof There is only one entrance ormeans of communication between them in the exist-ing northern portion of the ruins. The interior widthof each of these galleries is about seven feet fourinches. After passing across them, the principal 312 THE MONASTERY. court is reached and the floor of the open space isseen ten feet below. A wide flight of large andwell hewn stone steps leads down to the bottom,which appears to have been paved with severallayers of cement. This court is twenty-eight paceswide. The rooms are entered through doorways inthe sides of the inclosing walls. Opposite to the firstflight of steps there are similar steps leading to asecond series of corridors. Passing through these,another court is reached, and beyond is the outergallery which runs along the western side of thebuilding. The total width of this cross section of themonastery is approximately one hundred and seventy-six feet. When wandering amongst t

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