43. 
44. 
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compared with a modern Italian textile piece to show 
design similarity. 
Rabinal tree-calabash (jicara) industry. a, Preparing 
a pitch pine smudge for soot accumulation in a special 
stone oven. b, Smearing soot on a tree calabash which 
has been smoothed with an alder leaf and smeared with 
yellowish wax boiled out of the scale insect Llavea axin, 
c, Cutting traceries on a blackened tree calabash by turn- 
ing it against a sharp carving tool. d, Female Llavea 
axin and eggs, enlarged 3 diameters. e¢, Finished jicara 
reduced about 3 diameters. f, Calabash tree (Crescentia 
alata) in a dry valley of eastern Guatemala, near San 
Pedro Pinula. 
Scenes in the Guatemala Highlands. a, Antigua market, 
in the ruins of a colonial church. b, View of the Guate- 
mala Highlands from northwest of Tecpan (fore- 
ground). c, San Antonio ‘Aguascalientes man near 
' Antigua with a load of rushes for mats. d, Antigua and 
volcanoes Fuego (left) and Acatenango, as seen from 
an air transport in the northeast. e, Oxcart in eastern 
Guatemala, near the El Salvador border. f, Selected 
ears of maize for seed, hanging up by a dwelling in San 
Pedro la Laguna. 
Lake Atitlan shore, northwest sector. (All photographs 
overlap except dande.) a, San Pedro (center) ; looking 
west. b, San Pablo (center) and San Marcos (right) ; 
FIGURES 
PAGE 
Selected Guatemala climographs (see map 6): 
1, Quezaltenango; 2, Panajachel; 3, El Rosario 
Tumbador; 4, Las Mercedes; 5, Helvetia; 6, 
Buena Vista; 7, San Sebastian; 8, Santa Cecilia 8 
MAPS 
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South Guatemalan aca sach cacenm were ace mare acre x 13: 
South Guatemala, relief shading ............... xiv 
Southwest Guatemala ..y.nceccewes eae suirtie wnat « 2 14. 
Limits of first-hand observation in Southwest 15. 
(enatemi ala seer a ee nocealto deat meter pelecon Nee oes 4 16. 
Major geological regions of South Guatemala .... 6 17. 
Climatic regions of Southwest Guatemala ....... 8 
Natural vegetation of Southwest Guatemala (gen: 
Bralizedy ey cuvacscsurs mancueti Manatee Oy te 
Population density of Southwest Guatemala (gen- 
ELALIZER I) (ercarectave kevsnandragelarc tases She, fuaneray tla bueareeetedoe 14 19 
Agriculture: major producing centers and zones 
of Southwest Guatemala based on elevation 18 20. 
Agriculture: truck-gardening centers and trade vA 
of Southwest Guatemala ..................55 30 22 
Agriculture: cacao-producing region of South- a 
west Guatemala in the 16th century .......... ae 23. 
Agriculture: modern coffee-producing region of 24. 
Southwest Guatemala and migrant labor ...... 34 25: 
VIIT 
46. 
47. 
2. Explanation of symbols used in map 14 
looking west-northwest. c, San Pablo (extreme left), 
San Marcos (left center) and Tzununa (right) ; look- 
ing northwest. d, Tzununa (left) and Jaibalito (extreme 
right), municipio of Santa Cruz; looking northwest. e, 
Santa Cruz (left center); looking northwest. f, Solola 
(right center, middle distance) ; Rio Quixcap delta and 
Finca Jaibal (right foreground); San Jorge (extreme 
right, above Jaibal) ; looking almost due north. (Photo- 
graphs courtesy of U. S. Army Air Forces.) 
Lake Atitlan shore, eastern half. a, Rio Quixcap delta 
and Finca Jaibal (left); Finca San Buenaventura 
center); Rio Panajachel delta and Panajachel village 
(right) ; Solola (upper left); looking north-northwest. 
b, Panajachel (left) ; Santa Catarina Palopéd (extreme 
right); San Andrés Semetabaj (upper right center) ; 
looking northeast. c, San Antonio Palopé, extreme 
right; looking east-northeast. d, San Lucas Toliman, 
village and bay; looking almost due south. e, San Lucas 
Toliman (extreme left); coffee groves (left half); 
Tzanguacal Peninsula (right); Atitlan and Toliman 
(right) volcanoes in background; looking south-south- 
west. f, Cerro de Oro, parasitic cone (left) on north 
base of Toliman volcano; looking southeast. (Photo- 
graphs courtesy of U. S. Army Air Forces.) 
Southwestern Lake Atitlan, Santiago Bay and village; 
a / 
looking south-southwest. (Photograph courtesy U. S. — 
Army Air Forces.) 
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Livestock, wild animals for food, and animal by- 
products of South Guatemala, !..2)..:.00.0sss 38 
Houses of Southwest Guatemala ............... 40 
Pottery centers and trade of Southwest Guatemala 54 
Textile crafts of Southwest Guatemala ........ ; 62 
Basketry, matting, cordage, and other coarse fiber 
products of Southwest Guatemala ............ 68 
Mineral and forest products of Southwest Guate- 
ET Rea levy aperye retary vend caranw 6a is. :10 ate ate revere eet 72 
Indian markets and trade streams in Southwest 
Guatermal dine criss. yates .avo-sn a dteetacietata eels token tare 84 
Take Atitlan regioni.as.6%. oc .d doeeec eerste 98 
Sololavand “vicinity: j.'s «2c ste cele bnetelaseiere 100 
Sololatmatketats cinco. «cis. se sleeuseeeeernte eee 104 
Panajachel re neie octets to a gis-ssais. svececatereterntetessterdete 122 
Quezaltenangosmarkety\:....... .'. sceceiteweme stan 124 
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango market .......... 128 
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