EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



Plate 1 



Landscape, a, View of Tajin, from northwest of main 

 pyramid ; note rolling country and dense vegetation. 

 b, View along main Papantla-Tajin trail. 



Plate 2 



Landscape, a, View looking northeast from main trail 

 at it passes parcel No. 161 (map 6). b, Narrow trail 

 leading to cane and maize fields, vicinity of parcel 

 No. 176. c, Main Papantla-Tajin trail, d, Wedding 

 party travels west on trail as it passes parcel No. 

 116 (map 6). e, The Arroyo de Ortiga traverses the 

 fundo legal. 



Plate 3 



The fundo legal of Tajin. a, Approaching the plaza from 

 the east, on Avenida 16 de septiemhre. On the right 

 is a plank structure (pi. 9, f; map 7, lot 11, house 6) ; 

 in the middle background, the old municipal building 

 (map 7, A) ; and behind it, partially visible, a mud- 

 plastered structure (map 7, lot 2, house b), now rented 

 as a municipal office, b-d, Clearing the plaza through 

 communal labor ; b, On the right is house a, of lot 21, 

 map 7; c, In the background is the dwelling which 

 stands on lot 5, map 7. Behind the men on the right 

 is the broad clearing which runs north, to the archeo- 

 logical zone, d, In the middle background is the old 

 municipal building (map 7, A), e, The new masonry 

 school (map 7, B) viewed from the southwest. /. View 

 across the plaza. On the left is a corner of the school ; 

 on the right, a corner of the old municipal building ; 

 in the background are a and b of lot 4, map 7. 



Plate 4 



Water supply ; apiculture, a, In the middle ground is an 

 excavation in the bank of the Arroyo de Ortiga, along 

 its course through the fundo legal. Water filters into 

 the cavity, from which it is drawn for drinking and 

 general kitchen utility, b, c, House with hives of 

 native bee hung on east wall ; note that one hive is a 

 clay pot; the others, lengths of bamboo, d. Pottery 

 hives for native bee sit on a rack against north wall 

 of house, e. The Old World bee is kept in commercial 

 wooden boxes. /, Pottery hives for native bee rest on 

 a support which raises them a few inches above the 

 ground. 



Plate 5 



Preparing the milpa. a, View after the light undergrowth 

 has been cut with a macbete (see pi. 6 for subsequent 

 clearing), b-d. Views after the vegetation has been 

 burned, preparatory to planting, d, A particularly 

 unsuccessful burn ; the field will have to be "swept" 

 (p. 109). 



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Plate 6 



Preparing the milpa. The light undergrowth has been 

 removed, previously (see pi. 5, a) and the heavier 

 vegetation now is being cut ; note that in b an ax is 

 being used. 



Plate 7 



Maize fields, a, 6, The fields are literally carved out of 

 the forest, c, d, Young maize plants occur in the same 

 field, cheek by jowl with dry stalks, which still bear 

 unharvested ears, e, Milpa, with banana trees. Since 

 this field lies along a trail, a simple fence has been 

 built to protect it from passing stock. 



Plate 8 



Vanilla pollination ; sugarcane processing, o, Pollinating 

 the vanilla blossom, o, Metal mill for crushing cane. 



c, d, Wooden mills for crushing cane, e, /. "Ovens" for 

 boiling cane juice. In /, the "oven" is in operation ; 

 note the loop handle of the copper cauldron which has 

 been set in the upper cavity of the "oven." 



Plate 9 



House types, a, b, e, Native type, thatched roof, walls of 

 upright poles (a, b) or of poles and bamboo (e) ; e, 

 with lean-to addition, c, f, Houses with tiled roof, 

 plank walls ; in the foreground of c, at the far right, is 

 a mud-plastered wall, d, House with tiled roof, bam- 

 boo walls ; the non-Totonac equipment visible through 

 the doorway is ours, a, parcel No. 133 (map 8) ; 

 b, parcel No. 115 (map 8). c, foreground, house a, lot 

 21 (map 7) ; background, house b, lot 11 (map 7). 



d, house a, lot 29 (map 7) ; e, parcel No. 89 (map 8). 

 /, close-up of house seen in background of c; at the 

 right side of /, the Avenida 16 de septiembre enters 

 the plaza of the fundo legal. 



Plate 10 



House construction, a, b. The posts, beams, and basic 

 roof frame have been lashed in place, c, A supple- 

 mentary beam (carga-zacate) is hoisted to position, 

 on the outside of the mother beam and resting on top 

 of the butts of the roof poles and scissors (see / 

 for subsequent step), d, Interior view of the frame. 



e, Withes have been tied on the long sheds of the roof, 

 but their ends extend free. At the tip of the gable, a 

 few have been doubled across the short shed; this 

 operation is continued in plate 11 a. f, The same 

 supplementary beam shown in c is being lashed in 

 place. In this house, roof scissors alternate with 

 simple roof poles ; note longitudinal reinforcements 

 and transverse struts of the roof frame. 



