ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



(All plates at eud of book) 



Upper: Angahuan, showing the rectangular arrange- 

 ment of streets and the large lots. 

 Lower: A portion of the town of Cherdn. 

 Upper: "Troje" in Angahuan. 



Lower: A street on the outskirts of the town of Cherdn. 

 Right: Street near the plaza in Cherdn. 

 Left: Two types of pole fence in Capacuaro. 

 Upper (left) : Leveling the foundation beams for a house. 

 Upper (right): The "planchas" in position. 

 Lower (left): Placing one of the doorframes. 

 Lower (right): Laying the floor boards of a house. 

 Upper (left): Simple kitchen under construction in 



Cherdn, "pie derecho." 

 Upper (right): Two roof sections in place in process of 



moving a Cherdn house. 

 Lower (left): Arrangement of rafters in Paracho house 



without ridge pole. 

 Lower (right): Old house in Paracho of unusual style. 

 Upper (left): Kitchen of simple type with corner posts 



(Angahuan). 

 Upper (right): Kitchen of elaborate type (Angahuan). 

 Middle (left): Wooden "troje" at Ihuatzio, Lake 



Pdtzcuaro. 

 Middle (right): Storehouse of style found mainly in 



Angahuan (limutakata). 

 Lower (left): Large storehouse (limutakata) over gate. 

 Lower (center): Storehouse (limutakata) with lower part 



made into a room. 

 Lower (right): Storehouse (uakdli) in Capacuaro. 

 Upper (left): Mason at work in Cherdn. 

 Upper (right): Fairly elaborate roof construction at 



Ihuatzio typical of adobe structures. 

 Middle (right): Gate roofed with tile (Ihuatzio). 

 Lower (left) : Stone house at Paracho with shake roof of 



"troje" style. 

 Lower (right): Ihuatzio house with veranda, seen from 



one end. 



8. Left: A well-built stone structure in Paracho with the 

 wide eaves characteristic of Central Michoa- 

 cdn. 

 Right: Scene in a house-roofing fiesta in Cherdn. 



FIGURES 



1. Map of the modern Tarascan region 5 



2. Plan of a typical Cherdn lot in the southeast 



section 8 



3. Old "troje" in Cherdn, said to have been built 



before the Revolution 10 



4. Details of construction of the "troje" in figure 



3 U 



5. Two methods of notching wall planks 11 



6. Methods of finishing doorframes, w'indows, and 



pillars 11 



7. Details of roof construction ._. 12 



8. Methods of attaching and laying shakes 13 



9. Kitchen of simpler style (kosina tdrueri) 15 



10. Plan of ceiling in an elaborate kitchen (tr6ja 



kosfna) 16 



11. Plan of floor of an elaborate kitchen (seen only 



in Paracho) 16 



12. A "chimenea," or raised fireplace (seen only in 



Paracho) 16 



13. Well-made masonry and adobe-brick wall in 



Cherdn 17 



14. Plan of house of Pedro Chdvez, Cherdn 18 



15. Fire hearth of stones 22 



16. Utensils and furnishings commonly found in a 



Cherdn kitchen 22 



17. L' tonsils commonly found in a Cherdn kitchen. 23 



18. Hollowed log with wooden cover used for stor- 



age of water outdoors 24 



19. Representations of houses in the plates of the 



Relaci<5n de Michoacdn 34 



20. Distribution of types of houses according to the 



Ilelaciones geogrdficas 35 



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