196 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 
Starting at the side directly across the stone from the 
groove or drain we see that the figure of the victor has 
behind his head a hieroglyph that represents a leg. 
This is the hieroglyph of Tizoc and the victim in this 
case represents the district of Matlatzinco in the Val- 
ley of Toluca. This district was brought under sub- 
jection by Tizoc himself. Among the other conquered 
cities are such well-known ones as Chalco, Xochimilco, 
and Colhuacan in the vicinity of Lake Tezcoco and 
Ahuilizapan (Orizaba) and Tuxpan that are more dis- 
tant. 
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Fig. 69. Detail showing the Construction of the Face of Coat- 
licue from Two Serpent Heads meeting End to End. 
Coatlicue. The famous statue of the Earth God- 
dess, Coatlicue, “‘the goddess with the serpent skirt” 
is one of the most striking examples of barbaric imagi- 
nation. The name Teoyamiqui is often given to this 
uncouth figure, but the identification is faulty. Like 
the other great sculptures we have just examined, it 
doubtless occupied an important place in the great 
ceremonial center of Tenochtitlan, but no ancient 
reference to it is extant. This goddess is reported to 
have been the mother of the gods. 
The statue may be described as follows: The feet 
are furnished with claws. The skirt is a writhing mass 
