10 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 



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 XXXIX. Serpent Head at Bottom of Balustrade, Great Pyra- 

 mid, Mexico City 186 



XL. Sahagun's Plan of the Tecpan in Mexico City 192 



XLI. The Calendar Stone of the Aztecs 194 



XLII. The Shield Stone at Cuernavaca 196 



XLIII. Sculpture representing Coatlicue, the Serpent- 

 Skirted Goddess 200 



XLIV. Page from the Tonalamatl Section of the Codex 



Borbonicus 206 



XLV. a, Pictures of Tlaloc, the God of Rain, and of 

 Ehecatl, the God of Winds, in the Codex Mag- 

 liabecchiano; b, Mexican Genealogical Table 



on Amatl Paper 208 



TEXT FIGURES. 



1. The Great Snowstorm of 1447 shown in the Pictographic 



Record of the Aztecs 13 



2. A Mexican Picture of a Volcanic Eruption 16 



3. Yucatan Deer caught in a Snare 20 



4. The Moan Bird, or Yucatan Owl, personified as a Demigod . 20 



5. Spanish Ship in the Aubin Codex 22 



6. Cortez arrives with Sword and Cross and Moctezuma brings 



him Gold 25 



7. Aztecan Canoe. Lienzo de Tlaxcala 26 



8. Design on Modern Huichol Ribbon 35 



9. Woven Pouch of the Huichol Indians 35 



10. Atzcapotzalco Destroyed 44 



1 1 . Diagram of Culture Strata at Atzcapotzalco 45 



12. Teocentli or Mexican Fodder Grass 48 



13. Figurines from the Earliest Culture Horizon in Mexico 51 



14. Archaic Figurine from Salvador 52 



15. Types of Eyes of Archaic Figurines 53 



16. Textile Designs painted on Archaic Effigies 54 



17. Typical Tripod Vessels of the Archaic Period, from Morelos, 



Mexico 55 



18. Series showing the Modification of a Celt into a Stone Amulet 57 



19. Groundplans of Yaxchilan Temples 70 



20 . Cross-section of Typical Mayan Temple in Northern Yucatan 74 



21. Mask Panel over Doorway at Xkichmook, Yucatan ... 78 



22. Design on Engraved Pot representing a Tiger seated in a 



Wreathe of Water Lilies. Northern Yucatan ... 81 



