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Page 153
... Stone ) . The north mound is an acropolis . It is built on a broad natural hill which had been artificially terraced ... stone masonry structures . The original build- ing was in the form of a cross with well - built walls three feet ...
... Stone ) . The north mound is an acropolis . It is built on a broad natural hill which had been artificially terraced ... stone masonry structures . The original build- ing was in the form of a cross with well - built walls three feet ...
Page 158
... stone vessels , each carved with a face in La Venta style , the two front legs being in the form of recumbent , bent elbows . There was also a fine realistic carving , about three feet in length , of a crouching and snarling jaguar ...
... stone vessels , each carved with a face in La Venta style , the two front legs being in the form of recumbent , bent elbows . There was also a fine realistic carving , about three feet in length , of a crouching and snarling jaguar ...
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... stone is under water most of the year because the depression becomes a lake in the wet season . Arriving at the close of the dry season , we were fortunately able to excavate it and take photographs . The stone is of the same type of ...
... stone is under water most of the year because the depression becomes a lake in the wet season . Arriving at the close of the dry season , we were fortunately able to excavate it and take photographs . The stone is of the same type of ...
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Sponge Fishermen of Tarpon Springs Florida By Jennie E Harris | 119 |
Hunting Folk Songs in the Hebrides By Margaret Shaw Campbell | 249 |
Become a Bakhtiari By Paul Edward Case | 325 |
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