348 AN ANALYSIS OF THE 



c. Probably derived by imitation by some nomad who has seen the sign of 

 human profile on an Aztec monument. 



d. Modern sign of quadruped, mounted by man. 



e. Quadruped sign. 



f. Unknown. 



Fig. 183. 



An inscription showing examples of the ancient anthropoid sign. * 



A knowledge of Central American design has rendered the task easy of proving 

 that the markings (Fig. 184) had been made by some one under the influence of the. 

 art of the region in which they were discovered, and we have no hesitation in 

 naming it Aztec. 



Fig. 184. 



Aztec Inscription, (f ) 



a. Profile crotalian jaw curve, 



Z>. Upper member of a variant of same. 



c. Closed variant of the same. 



d. Probably a bifid tongue protruding from a Crotalus head. 



e. Unknown. 



f. Same as h. 



y. Simplified crotalian curves. 



* Emory's lieport, 1848, p. 90. (Near Gila River.) \ Stephens, /. c.. 1840. 



