the vasiform granaries (cwezcomatls) found in use in 1902 
in the central Mexican States of Tlaxcala and Veracruz. 
As this type of storage structure is used at the present 
time in Tlaxcala and Morelos, it seems that an uninter- 
rupted sequence is present in the use of this type of 
granary from the archaeological to the present period. 
Because of the relationship of these forms of granaries, 
it is of interest to include the description of the struc- 
tures (Plate XIII) discovered by Lumholtz (1902): 
ee, 
he most unique feature of this cave, however, is the cupola- 
shaped structure which stands in an open space in front of the house 
group, near the mouth of the cave, but still under its roof. Its height, 
measured inside, is twelve feet, and its widest inside diameter is eleven 
feet. Its walls average eight inches in thickness. It has one aperture 
three feet wide at the top, another one of the same diameter near the 
base, and there are several others nearly opposite each other. In the 
two upper ones are seen distinct impressions of timber in the plaster. 
*“The building was made by twisting long grass into a compact cable 
and laying it up one round upon another. As the coil proceeded, thick 
coats of plaster were laid on inside and outside. This plaster, which 
is the same material as that of which the houses are constructed, got 
thoroughly mixed with the straw during the process of building, and 
the entire structure was finished without any opening except the one 
at the top. The other apertures were undoubtedly cut out afterward. 
There is no trace of withes or other binding material to hold the straw 
cables in place. They are kept in position only by the plaster, which 
here, as in the houses, is almost as hard as the conglomerate of the 
surrounding rocks.’”’ 
Further on he adds: 
‘*Two of them were deeply sunken into the floor of the cave, and 
inside of them we found between the rubbish and debris that filled 
them, several grains of corn and some beans.’’ 
A study of the findings of Isabel Kelly (1947) at Apat- 
zingan, Michoacan, along the Pacific coast of Mexico, 
suggests the presence of remains which may be the 
foundations of granaries similar to those now in use along 
the coast of Guerrero. However, a sufficient knowledge 
is lacking for accurate determination. 
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