CONTENTS 



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The Tajfn Totonac — Continued 

 Technology — Continued 



Palm weaving 222 



Altar ornaments 222 



Palm arches 224 



Other palm manufactures 225 



Basketry 225 



Wicker baskets 226 



Cradle 226 



Hanging frame 226 



Carrying frame 226 



Netting 226 



Weaving 227 



Textile products 227 



Materials 228 



Spinning 228 



Warping 229 



Loom 230 



Setting up the loom 230 



Weaving 231 



Woven ornament 231 



Fringe 235 



Embroidery 235 



Dyes and adhesives 243 



Metallurgy 244 



Weapons 245 



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Appendix A. Language and population 249 



Sixteenth century 249 



Linguistic sources 249 



Population sources 249 



Modern times 250 



Appendix B. The Mexican conquests 264 



Early conquests 265 



Itzcoatl (1427-40) 265 



Moctezuma I (1440-69) 266 



Axayacatl (1469-81) 272 



Tizoc (1481-86) 274 



Ahuizotl (1486-1502) 274 



Moctezuma II (1502-20) 277 



Summary 279 



Appendix C. Vegetation 318 



Herbarium catalog 318 



Numerical list 318 



Index to herbarium catalog 341 



Monte alto trees and lianas 346 



Appendix D. Birds 347 



Works cited 353 



Explanation of plates 362 



Index 365 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



(All plates following page 364) 



1. Landscape. 



2. Landscape. 



3. The fundo legal of Tajfn. 



4. Water supply; apiculture. 



5. Preparing the milpa. 



6. Preparing the milpa. 



7. Maize fields. 



8. Vanilla pollination; sugarcane processing. 

 House types. 

 House construction. 

 House construction. 

 House views. 

 House views. 



14. Houses and furnishings. 



15. Domestic altars. 



16. Sweathouses. 



17. Supplementary domestic structures. 



18. 



Laundry facilities; fences. 



19. 



Fiesta cooking. 



20. 



Fiesta cooking. 



21. 



Wooden trays; calabash shells. 



22. 



Wooden masks; baskets; hanging frame, 



23. 



Wooden puppet. 



24. 



Pottery making. 



25. 



Pottery making. 



26. 



Braiding; palm ornaments. 



27. 



Woven palm ornaments. 



28. 



Spinning and weaving. 



29. 



Cotton textiles. 



30. 



Cotton textiles. 



31. 



Cotton textiles: fringe. 



32. 



Embroidered skirt; woven belt. 



33. 



Embroidery. 



FIGURES 



1. Composition of Tajin population 65 



2. Composition of Tajin population 66 



3. Bird traps 76 



4. Bird trap 77 



5. Deadfall 77 



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6. Dip net 79 



7. Zapote chico tree tapped for chicle 83 



8. A typical field 106 



9. A typical field 107 



10. Coas used in cultivation 108 



