FRETWORK MOSAIC AT MITLA, IN THE PAtACE MOSAICS 



The stone slabs or tiles are about one inch thick. It is estimated that more than one 

 million of these stones were used in decorating the buildings at Mitla. When we realize that 

 each stone was cut out of the quarry, not with steel or iron implements, but by stone hatchets 

 and stone tools, the infinite labor and pains required for this form of decoration can be 

 appreciated. 



