kept tightly closed. The store-houses are very small, as the Huicholes 
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harvest only from four to five fanegas of corn a year.”’ 
3. Cuezcomatl, vasiform grass-daub structure. This 
type of granary (Pl. NV, A), previously described from 
the ‘Tarahumara area and the Mexican central plateau, 
seems to be confined during this period to the States of 
Tlaxcala, Puebla and Veracruz (/). Its apparent absence 
from Morelos is probably due to lack of information. 
Lumholtz (1902) compares the archaeological remains 
of the Tarahumara area with the vasiform granaries which 
he saw in Tlaxcala and Veracruz. There is some doubt 
as to its occurrence in Veracruz, however, as it is not 
mentioned in use in that State in the writings of Ban- 
delier and Starr, nor is it found there at the present time. 
Its use in Tlaxcala and Puebla is reported by Bandelier 
(1884) at Huexotzingo, Santiago Xaltepetlapan and San 
Simon Tlalnicontla. It is Starr (1899, 1899-1900), how- 
ever, who gives a complete picture of this type of gran- 
ary through his descriptions and numerous illustrations. 
He found this granary near Cholula, Puebla, and 
throughout Tlaxcala. He writes (1899): 
“The cencalli in Tlaxcala is of a characteristic form and bears the 
special name of cuezcomatl. It is a vasiform construction of adobe or 
of clay which rises to a height of from five to ten feet. ... . Above 
this base rises the great rounded and hollow body, open above; over 
this a neat, little, two-pitched roof of thatch serves to shed rain. The 
cuescomatl is a storehouse or granary for maize on the cob.’’ 
4. Log-cabin type of granary. The use of this gen- 
eral type of granary is reported from an extensive area 
in Mexico. It is found among the Tarahumara of Chi- 
'Fanega: ‘“The modern Spanish fanega has been equated to 1.6 
English bushels, which would be slightly over 2 American bushels. 
For Mexico 2.5 American bushels is a conservative equivalent.’’ (An- 
derson and Barlow 1943. ) 
