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RELATION TO MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE 



The houses of the Indians of southern Mexico and Central 

 America, to say nothing of the structures of Bolivia and Peru, 

 lead us into another horizon altogether. In these regions the In- 

 dian became a real architect. Some of the most imposing stone 

 structures ever raised by the hand of man are to be found in these 

 areas. The pyramids found in Mexico at Papantla, Cholula, and 

 Teotihuacan, recently excavated by the Mexican Government 

 through Dr. Manuel Gamio, actually rival the pyramids of Egypt 

 in size and interest. Great numbers of ruined cities are gradually 

 being brought to light, some of them in the most romantic sur- 

 roundings. It is worth remembering that the American Indian in 

 certain localities rose by his own unaided efforts to the production 

 of a great architecture, of which the simpler edifices we have been 

 discussing represent the beginnings. 



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