jes 
Oaxaca furnishes a number of less important groups of ruins, 
} Pi— 
‘as at Monte hoe ae Zachila and Tehuantepeg country is rich in Mmwo- 
‘relics obtained mostly from tombs. They ine lude earthenware of 
ae make and Mess extraordinary os the large vases re- 
me footing mythical personages Daal nee? Ci aa 
The art remains of the Mahuan peoples present many close 
analogies with eee Central American Neues , Dut the exact 
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relations in time, genesis and race, have not been determined. 
“the differences are so pronounced that a long period of separation 
Brist be allowed if it is assumed that all were orisinally of the 
same stock, There are also samme strange analogies with the art 
of Asia aw some tit SURE Slee strongly S@limited acess - 
wile tA 
teeter or a very remote identity oy pevAles | : 
Wrestle 
The state of culture attained by the most advanced of the a Gwen, 
—astioa i 1 
es, was that of well advanced barbarism, and if we are to 
judge by the originality and apparent virility of their art, there 
is a strong probability that if left alone to work out- their 
destiny they would have passed gradually into the succeeding stages 
of civilization and enlightenment. 
