3. The majority of the cobs are related to the modern 
Mexican race Nal-Tel which today is grown princi- 
pally farther south in Yucatan and Campeche. ‘The 
more recent prehistoric cobs of this race are quite 
similar to modern Nal-Tel, but the earlier cobs are 
smaller, more slender and have a lower average kernel- 
row number. The earlier specimens also have promi- 
nent glumes and probably represent a weak form of 
pod corn. 
4. The remaining cobs are related to the living races of 
maize in Mexico, Dzit-Bacal, commonly grown in 
Yucatan and Campeche, and Breve de Patilla, com- 
monly grown in Tamaulipas. 
5. Specimens of husks and shanks show that Early Nal- 
Tel had short, slender shanks and relatively long 
husks, lacking ligules and flag leaves, which spread 
open at maturity. 
6. In these characteristics in which they can be directly 
compared, Early Nal-Tel is an accentuated form of 
modern Nal-Tel. On the assumption that this is also 
true of other characteristics, the Nal-Tel of 4500 years 
ago is reconstructed and described. 
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