ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



(All plates following page 242) 



1. Lake Pdtzcuaro Basin from the air. 22. Bateas with maque and finished bateas. 



2. The highland ranches of Quiroga from the air. 23. Batea display; painted chest; painted pottery. 



3. The Villa de Quiroga from the air. 24. Drying and decorating chairs. 



4. Landscapes. 25. Different chair sizes. 



5. Landscapes. 26. Market scenes: pelates, vegetables. 



6. Street scenes — main streets. 27. Market scenes: vegetables, pottery. 



7. Street scenes — evolutionary sequence. 28. Market scenes: roasted mescal. 



8. Street scenes — side streets. 29. Transportation. 



9. Plazas and water supply. 30. Transportation. 



10. Plaztielas and water carriers. 3L Schools. 



11. Houses in the ranches. 32. Corpus Christi batea dancers and Catherine wheels. 



12. Rural structures. 33. Cattail and orchid barrier; bell tower. 



13. The Pueblo Nuevo district of Quiroga. 34. Rural chapel; rural children. 



14. "Upper-class" houses in "El Centro" district of 35. Parish church; Nicolds Le6n plaque. 



Quiroga. 



Patio and street corner. MAPS 



Plows and plowing. page 



Wheat, broadbeans, maize, and teosinte. 1. Mexico, showing the Quiroga-Pitzcuaro area 



Harvesting maize and wheat. within Michoacdn 2 



Threshing wheat and broadbeans. 2. The north Michoacdn region and adjoining 



Charcoal burning; pitch pine; log fence; tules; fruit areas 4 



trees. 3. Sketch map of Quiroga area 24 



Batea manufacture. 4. Plan of the Villa de Quiroga, Michoacdn, 1945, . 36 



