those who stole maize from the granaries, he states that 
these “‘troxes”’ are like very large vessels (tinqjas) with 
their mouths on the uppermost part and anyone wishing 
to take out the contents must climb into it. The Lienzo 
de Tlaxcala (Anonymous 1892) includes two perfect rep- 
resentations of these granaries. 
5. Clay jars (Pl. XVI, A). This figure reproduced 
from the illustrations which form part of the work of 
Sahagun (1529-1590) depicts the cycle of activities of 
the good farmer. The storage of the harvest in large 
clay jars is clearly shown. 
In the northwestern part of Mexico, among the Cahita- 
speaking Indians, today represented by the modern 
Yaqui and Mayo of southern Sonora and northern Sina- 
loa, Beals (1943) has found that during the pre-Conquest 
period maize sometimes ‘‘was cached underground in 
pottery vessels stoppered with clay.”’ 
6. Log-cabin type of granary. Plate XVI, B, repro- 
duced from Sahagun (1529-1590), shows the storage of 
the maize harvest by a Mexican family. The granary 
consists of stone corner posts, a base made of boards or 
planks, and walls of logs or boards placed horizontally. 
Economy of detail on the part of the artist may account 
for the lack of detail as to the method in which the cor- 
ners were formed. ‘Two stones shown at the upper corners 
of the structure probably refer to rocks used to hold down 
the thin board or wooden shingle roof. The dimensions 
of the front wall as shown must be about 5 by 8 feet. 
In spite of the marked differences already noted be- 
tween the rulers and the lower economic classes in the 
Mexican Indian cultures, it seems reasonable to assume 
that the richer agricultural families tended to use the 
same type of granaries as utilized by the tribal rulers. For 
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