Chapter IV: Antiquities of Guatemala and Belize

The State of Guatemala -- A Land of Mystery -- Wonderful
Reports --Discoveries Comparatively Unimportant -- Ruins
of Quirigua -- History and Bibliography -- Pyramid,
Altars, and Statues -- Comparison with Copan -- Pyramid of
Chapulco -- Relics at Chinamita -- Temples of Micla --
Cinaca-Mecallo -- Cave of Peñol -- Cyclopean Débris at
Carrizal -- Copper Medals at Guatemala -- Esquimatha --
Fortification of Mixco -- Pancacoya Columns -- Cave of
Santa María -- Mammoth Bones at Petapa -- Rosario Aqueduct
-- Ruins of Patinamit, or Tecpan Guatemala --
Quezaltenango, or Xelahuh -- Utatlan, near Santa Cruz del
Quiché -- Zakuléu, near Huehuetenango -- Cakchiquel Ruins
in the Region of Rabinal -- Cawinal -- Marvelous Ruins
Reported -- Stephens' Inhabited City -- Antiquities of
Peten -- Flores -- San José -- Casas Grandes -- Tower of
Yaxhaa -- Tikal Palaces and Statues -- Dolores
--Antiquities of Belize 106

CHAPTER V.

ANTIQUITIES OF YUCATAN.

Yucatan, the Country and the People -- Abundance of Ruined
Cities --Antiquarian Exploration of the State -- Central
Group -- Uxmal --History and Bibliography -- Waldeck,
Stephens, Catherwood, Norman, Friederichsthal, and Charnay
-- Casa del Gobernador, Las Monjas, El Adivino, Pyramid,
and Gymnasium -- Kabah, Nohpat, Labná, and nineteen other
Ruined Cities -- Eastern Group; Chichen Itza and vicinity
--Northern Group, Mayapan, Mérida, and Izamal -- Southern
Group; Labphak, Iturbide, and Macoba -- Eastern Coast;
Tuloom and Cozumel --Western Coast; Maxcanú, Jaïna, and
Campeche -- General Features of the Yucatan Relics --
Pyramids and Stone Buildings -- Limestone, Mortar, Stucco,
and Wood -- The Triangular Arch -- Sculpture, Painting,
and Hieroglyphics -- Roads and Wells -- Comparisons --
Antiquity of the Monuments -- Conclusions 140