EXPLANATION OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS 
Piate XIII. A. “‘Casas Grandes’’ archaeological 
remains of vasiform type of maize granary made 
by twisting long grass into a compact cable and 
laying it up one round upon another and then 
covering the wall with thick coats of plaster on in- 
side and outside; Tarahumara Indians of Sonora 
and Chihuahua. B. ‘‘Casas Grandes’’ archaeologi- 
cal remains of vasiform type of maize granary ; 
Tarahumara Indians of Sonora and Chihuahua. 
(A and B reproduced from C. Lumholtz 1902.) 
Pirate XIV. A. Imperial granaries of the log-cabin 
type depicted in the Codex Mendoza as units of 
measure of the tribute required of the various con- 
quered towns by the Aztec rulers during the pre- 
Conquest Period ; figs. 21 and 22 show two of these 
structures, with representations of maize, beans 
and quautli (Amaranthus caudatus) seeds above ; town 
glyph number 6 represents Cuezcomahuacan. B. 
Cuezcomatl, vasiform grass and daub granary used 
by the agricultural families of the Aztec Indians 
during the pre-Conquest period. The glyph of the 
conquered town number 11 shows this type of 
structure and signifies Cuezcomatlyyacac or ‘‘in the 
beginning of the granaries.’’ C. Cuezcomati, vasi- 
form grass and daub granary depicted in the glyph 
of Cuezcomayxtlahuacan, conquered town number 
19 and interpreted as “‘the place of the plain of 
bins.’’ (A, B and C reproduced from the Codex 
Mendoza, Kingsborough 1831-1848.) D. Cuezco- 
matl, vasiform granary used by the Aztec Indians 
during the pre-Conquest period as shown in the 
Codicis; the glyph corresponds to the town of 
Cuezcomatl Iyacac. (Reproduced from the Historia 
Chichimeca, Boban 1891.) 
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