Smithsonian Report, 1938. — Vaillant 



PLATE 12 



CHART SHOWING ARCHEOLOG1CAL MATERIAL FROM THE AZTEC CULTURE. 



First row: Scenes from historical picture manuscripts. 1, Arrival of nations with the knowledge of writing 



in 1325; 2, New Fire Ceremony of 1403: 3, New Fire Ceremony of 1455; 4, New Fire Ceremony of 1507; 5, 



the taking of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) in 1519. 

 Second row: Successive stages in the architecture of the Temple at Tenayuca, corresponding perhaps to the 



renovations of 1403, 1455, and 1507. 

 Thirdrow: First three: Aztec pottery types (II, Ilia, Illb) found in the cyclical dumps for 1403, 1455, and 1507. 



Fourth: Pottery type (IV) made from 1507 up to the Conquest. 

 Fourth row: First two: Aztec figurines made prior to 1403. Last four: Aztec figurines made between 1403 



and the Conquest. 



