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Title: The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Charnay, Désiré, 1828-1915
Subjects: Indians of Mexico Indians of Central America
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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RAMID OF THE SUN. ANTIQUITIES OF TULA. Caryatides—Columns—Capitals—Carved Shell—Tennis-ring—Tlachtli—AncientBas-reliefs—Toltecs Portrayed—Historical Jottings—The Temple of the Frog—Indian Vault—The Plaza—El Cerro del Tesoro. Tula extended over a plain intersected by a muddy river windinground the foot of Mount Coatepetl, which commanded the city.The modern town occupies but a small proportion of the area ofthe ancient capital, and the few antiquities that adorn the plazawere found in clearing the river of some of its mud or whilstploughing the adjacent fields. First in order are three fragments of caryatides: one, a gigantic 94 The Ancient Cities of the New World. statue which we reproduce, is about 7 ft. high ; the head andupper part of the body below the hips are wanting, the legsare i ft. 3 in. in diameter, and the feet 4 ft. long. The twoembroidered bits below the waist were no doubt the ends of theroyal maxtli, the exact copy of which we shall see later on
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TOLTEC CARYATID, TULA. bas-reliefs in Chiapas, Palenque, and Lorlllard City. The greaves,of leather bands, are passed between the toes and fastened onthe instejj and above it by large knots, recalling the Roman cades.This statue is of black basalt, like all the other fragments ; andalthough exceedingly rude and archaic in character, is not Anti(.)Uities of Tula. 95 wanting in beauty in some of its details. Next comes a column intwo pieces, lying on the ground, having a round tenon which

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