MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 
PAGE 
Funerary Urn from a Zapotecan Tomb . Frontispiece 
Map of Mexico and Central America showing the Principal 
Archeological Sites with a Detail Insert of the Valley of 
Mexico . F . Facing 42 
PLATES 
I. a, Village Scene in Arid Mexico; b; In the Humid Low- 
lands ’ 15 
II. a, Site of Pueblo ere the Fi mae Captial or, Guate. 
mala; b, A Spanish Church at the Village of Camo- 
tan on the Road to Copan 23 
III. a, View of the Island Town of Flores in fale Peten; b, 
The Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza. 28 
IV. a, A Guatemala huipili; b, Pouches of the Valiowts 
Indians . 38 
V. a, Zapotecan Girl ees ie State of ieee! b, ‘Tana 
done Woman from Southern Mexico 40 
VI. a, Large Archaic Figures found in Graves and ee 
Evidence of Ancient Customs and Arts; b, Archaic 
Figures which show a Quality of Caricature or 
possibly Portraiture . 48 
VII. a, Stone Sculptures of the Rectan Pexiod: -. Typical 
Site of the Archaic Period 55 
VIII. Widely Distributed Female Wieeaee | ‘ 57 
IX. Distribution of the Archaic Culture 58 
X. Distribution of Agriculture in the New W: oa 50 
XI. A Genera! View of the Ceremonial Center of Copan. 66 
XII. a, View of the Plaza at Copan from the Northwestern 
Corner; 5b, View Across the Artificial Acropolis at 
Conan 62; t* 68 
XIII. A Temple at Piet daa ing Elaborate F acade 
Decorations in Stucco 70 
XIV. A Sealed Portal Vault in the House af the Go ernor a 
Uxmal . Ree 71 
XV. a, Realistic Designs on Vases ee iat Gastenélac 
b, The Quetzal as represented on a Painted Cylin- 
drical Vase from Copan . . eh oe: ce 
XVI. Stela 13, Piedras Negras . 90 
XVII. a, The Upper Portion of Stela 1 © Y eee dante 
with the Heavens; b, SaenS Detail of Stela 4, 
Yaxchilan . : 95 
XVIII. Scheme of the Mayan Caicadns as eccialiaed in ‘the 
Codex Tro-Cortesianus . ee erga” © . 102 
XIX. Typical Mayan Inscription . 106 
