8 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 



MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



Page. 

 Funerary Urn from a Zapotecan Tomb Frontispiece 



Map of Mexico and Central America showing the Principal 

 Archaeological Sites with a Detail Insert of the Valley of 

 Mexico Facing 43 



Diagram of American Chronology Facing 228 



PLATES. 



I. a, Village Scene in Arid Mexico; b, In the Humid Low- 

 lands . 15 



II. a, Site of Pueblo Viejo, the First Capital of Guatemala; 

 b, A Spanish Church at the Village of Camotan on 

 the Road to Copan 23 



III. a, View of the Island of Flores in Lake Peten; b, The 



Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza 28 



IV. a, A Guatemalan huipili; b, Pouches of the Valiente 



Indians 38 



V. a, Zapotecan Girl from the State of Oaxaca ; b, Lacandone 



Man from Southern Mexico 40 



VI. a, Stone Sculptures of the Archaic Period; b, Archaic 



Site under Lava Flow near Mexico City ... 46 

 VII. a, Large Archaic Figures found in Graves and offering 

 Evidence of Ancient Customs and Arts; b, Archaic 

 Figures which show a Quality of Caricature or pos- 

 sibly Portraiture 50 



VIII Costa Rican Figures of Archaic Type contrasted with 



those of a Later Time 56 



IX. Widely Distributed Female Figurines 58 



X. Distribution of Archaic Culture 61 



XI. Distribution of Agriculture in the New World ... 62 

 XII. A General View of the Ceremonial Center of Copan . . 66 



XIII. a, View of the Plaza at Copan from the Northwestern Cor- 



ner; b, View Across the Artificial Acropolis at Copan 68 



XIV. A Temple at Hochob showing Elaborate Facade Decora- 



tions in Stucco 72 



XV. A Sealed Portal Vault in the House of the Governor at 



Uxmal 73 



XVI. a, Model of the Temple of the Cross designed to show the 

 Construction; 6, Detail of Frieze on the Temple of 

 the Cross 75 



