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south side of the small stream that flows through the 
ruins is a group of buildings called the Citadel. 
A few large sculptures have been found at Teoti- 
huacan. But the site is chiefly remarkable for pottery 
figurines and heads that are picked up by thousands. 
The heads present such a marked variety of facial 
contour and expression that it would seem as if every 
race under the sun had served as models. It is very 
likely that these heads formed part 
of votive offerings, beings attached 
to bodies made of some perishable 
material. The heads were seldom 
used to adorn pottery vessels, al- 
though many modern and fraudu- 
lent vases are so adorned. Dolls 
with head and torso in one piece 
and with movable arms and legs 
made of separate pieces were 
known. The face of Tlaloc, the 
Rain God, is fairly common in 
Teotihuacan pottery but other 
deities have not surely been identi- 
fied. It is not improbable that the 
God of Fire is personified as an old 
* Fig. 55. Jointed man with wrinkled face, and that 
poll of Clay from San Xipe, Lord of the Flayed, is repre- 
uan Teotihuacan. p 
sented in the faces that look out 
through the three holes of a mask. The jaguar, the 
monkey, the owl, and other animals are also modeled 
with excellent fidelity. The Mayan convention of the 
human face in the open jaws of the serpent is not un- 
known. 
A number of beautiful vases painted in soft greens, 
pinks, and yellows have been recovered at Teotihuacan. 
