ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIGURES 



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1. Age-sex population distribution 29 



2. Window latclies 35 



3. Kitchen stove 36 



4. Vicente Rendon yard ])lan 37 



5. Tranchete knife 43 



6. The Tzintzuntzan plow 60 



7. Tzintzuntzan ox yokes 61 



8. Irrigation system 07 



9. Wooden tray 80 



10. Tzintzuntzan pottery molds 81 



11. Small pottery vessels 86 



12. Small pottery vessels 87 



13. Pottery kiln 88 



14. Tinaja design techniques 94 



15. Tinaja design elements 95 



16. Tinaja forms 96 



17. Loza blanca plate designs 97 



18. Loza blanca pottery designs 98 



19. Loza blanca vase 99 



20. Tile-making equipment 101 



21. Butterfly fishnet 103 



22. Seine 104 



23. Spear thrower and shaft 107 



24. Fisiinet knots and shuttle 108 



25. Design of seine 109 



26. Cuchillo section of seine 110 



27. Rope-spinning technique Ill 



28. Canoe types and details 112 



29. Fire fans 114 



30. Traps 121 



31. Candle-making equipment 126 



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PACE 



The Patzcuaro market 133 



Gestures 236 



Peleche game 238 



Caracol game 239 



El coyote game 240 



MAPS 



The town of Tzintzuntzan . . . facing page 

 The municipio of Tzintzuntzan 



PLATES 



(All plates at end of book) 



The Beaumont map of Tzintzuntzan. 



The Seler map of Tzintzuntzan. 



Tzintzuntzan from the air. 



Landscape and physical types. 



Physical types and village scenes. 



Agricultural pursuits. 



Harvesting activities. 



Fishing scenes. 



Hunting, fishing, and 



The Patzcuaro market. 



Pottery making. 



Pottery making. 



Pottery making. 



Pottery styles. 



Church activities. 



Church activities. 



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weaving scenes. 



