11. While passing through Cupules , he came upon a group of 300 about to sacrifice a young boy. 12. The "'cupule "'holds and protects the fruit during its growth and maturation. 13. In " Lithocarpus ", the cupule is very hard and bone-like in texture. 14. Typically cupules were created by direct percussion, i . e . using hand-held hammer-stones. 15. During pre-Hispanic times, the site where now stands the town belonged to the province of the cupules . 16. Cupules are the world s most common rock art motifs, occurring in huge numbers in every continent except Antarctica.17. A complication can arise if, in this case, there was an already named fossil-genus for these cupules . 18. At Piralimattam we can see a large number of concave cupules and grinding surfaces, both completed and in-completed. 19. This suggests that cupules of the kind produced by the Caytoniales or Glossopteridales may have evolved into the outer integument of angiosperms. 20. The fossil cupule ( upper part of the acorn ) is globose with branched spines, and a broadly ovate nut scar.
