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door was a small enclosure, with two steps leading upward on the sides directly opposite the door. The two side walls, three feet in height, were built against the front wall of the tomb.

It was found that the floor of this enclosure was not reached in the former excavations and that about a foot of hard-packed earth remained undisturbed. It was thickly strewn with objects apparently thrown in during some ceremony ; all were covered with vermilion and the earth itself was highly colored.

Many shallow, saucer-like vessels were scattered throughout

the enclosure ; several small cups with covers and a number of

perforated incense burners with hollow handles were dug out, not

far from the front wall of the tomb. Fragments of an onyx jar

i showed traces of a stucco coating on which were painted designs

in various colors. Fragments of human skeletons, such as hand-

'■:/ and foot-bones, as well as pieces of human crania, covered with

vermilion, were found. In the northwest corner were twenty-six

l\ beads made of jadeite and Amazon stone; a number of human

[l teeth had been thrown in, several of which are ornamented

i by the insertion of a circular piece of hematite, about three-

sixteenths of an inch in diameter; several, also, are filed. These decorated teeth are the first that have been found in Oaxaca,

r f J but many of the funeral urns have the teeth filed, both in the

■ ' j representations of human faces and in the grotesque serpent

masks. Portions of a number of pottery vessels were found on the floor. Dr Sologiiren discovered no small objects in the

jj tomb itself. In clearing out the crypt I found the skeleton of

a dog, painted rose color, resting on the stone floor near the southeastern corner.

Mound 7 — While this work was progressing, two Indians were

'■! ; digging a large hole at the southwestern end of Mound 7 in

order to destroy some nests of ants, which were doing great injury to their crops. They discovered at the base of the

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