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A TOMB deposit described as second only in intrinsic value to the recently discovered treasure of Monte Alban, we learn from a recent Science Service bulletin, has been discovered at Texmelincan, in the State of Guerrero, one hundred and twenty miles south of Mexico City. The tomb is situated in an area covered with mounds concealing buildings and other remains. The objects in the tomb have now been deposited in the Department of Archæology, Mexico City. Among them the most notable is a disc of gold, eight inches in diameter, with a hole in the centre. On it are engraved two of the characteristic feathered serpents, intertwined, and with the head of an armed warrior protruding from the jaws of each. Two belts, two feet long and three inches wide, are covered with a thin sheeting of beaten gold. There were also found large gold ear-rings, a necklace of thirty-two hollow gold beads and one of seventy-one unusually fine carved jade beads, three necklaces of shell and stone beads, copper bells, and obsidian ear-rings painted red. Some finely polished pottery vessels suggest a Toltec origin. The nearest important city site, it is pointed out, is Xochicalco, which is noted for its ‘Toltec Maya’ style.
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Funerary Offerings from Ancient Mexico. Nature 129, 718 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129718b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129718b0