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from the fact that in the immediate neighborhood of this phice there 

 was another place called Qnije-quilli, " garland of flowers ". by the 

 Zapoteos. but by the Mexicans. Macuilxochic. " in ^faeuil-xot-hitrs 

 village " (see the glyph, h. figure ()7). 



Nothing remains to-day of the magniticent buildings of the Zapotec 

 Teotitlan del valle. but portions of the ancient buildings, stone 

 mosaics with geometric design-^ of the fashion of those of Mitla 

 and frai^fnu'Uts of reliefs are here and there found eml>edded in the 



Fio. 69. Zapotec relief frasrments from Teotitlan. 



walls of houses and churches in Teotitlan. as well as in those of the 

 neighboring ^lacuilxochic. Other pieces have already been i)laced 

 in the Museo de Oaxaca. What relief fragments I have met with I 

 have reproduced in figures 00 ar^d 70. which are. of course, only 

 sketches and make no pretensions to special accuracy. The frag- 

 ments in h and <\ figure TO. are now in the museum at Oaxaca : ?>. 

 figure 05). was still to be seen in ^lacuilxochic when I was there, while 

 (I. figure 09. and a. figure 70. are embedded in the wall of the church of 

 Teotitlan del valle. It is quite evident that the reliefs exhibit. 



