‘ 
or at the location of the ‘‘milpa’’ or maize planting. It 
is used to store maize in the husk and this may be thrown 
in haphazardly or carefully arranged in layers with the 
ears in a vertical or horizontal position. 
12. Granary within the house. This method of  stor- 
age has been found in use among the Totonacs (I. Kelly, 
in correspondence), the Maya of Tabasco, and the Zap- 
otecs of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. 
b. Temporary methods of maize storage 
1. Tapanco, loft of house. This simple and effective 
method of storage is widely used throughout the tropical 
region. It is found among the Tarascans of Michoacan 
(DD. Brand, in correspondence, G. Foster 1948), the Zap- 
otecs of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, the Toto- 
nacs of northern Veracruz (I. Kelly, in correspondence), 
the Mayan groups of southern Mexico, and the farmers 
of the coasts of Guerrero and Jalisco. 
2. EHnramada. Throughout a large part of the coastal 
areas of Guerrero and Veracruz, where dry winter seasons 
prevail, the enramada serves for the storage of maize on 
the cob (Pl. X XI, C, D). 
3. Ziricua, cylindrical reed container (P]. X XII, B,C). 
Some variation occurs as to the kind of material used in 
building these containers. The most outstanding exam- 
ples are found in Guerrero where they are called ziricua 
and huatlal. In the Balsas River Basin, the zi7ricua is 
usually made of stalks of Tithonia sp. (acahual, Hen- 
drichs 1945). On the mountain slopes of Guerrero where 
Nahuatl-speaking groups have invaded the area, the 
huatlal is made of split bamboo canes (Hendrichs 1945). 
This type of granary is also found at Tixtla, Guerrero, 
among the Mixtecs at Cahuatachi, Guerrero (Schultze 
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