Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . Cia. Mexicana Aerofoto, S. A. Fig. 56.—Through the archcological zone of Teotihuacau the Pathway of theDead extends from the Pyramid of the Moon, at the left, to the Citadel group,bevond the right hand ?*?» - > J- . m. ~ mm . > Cia M. 1 111 I \. .nfoto, S. A. Pif, c;7.—( )iily irom the air may one gain a comprehensive view of the terraced,hills on which lie the ruins of Xochicalco. 56 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION rubbish heaps show Archaic, Toltec, and Aztec remains one above theother. In this section, as elsewhere th
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . Cia. Mexicana Aerofoto, S. A. Fig. 56.—Through the archcological zone of Teotihuacau the Pathway of theDead extends from the Pyramid of the Moon, at the left, to the Citadel group,bevond the right hand ?*?» - > J- . m. ~ mm . > Cia M. 1 111 I \. .nfoto, S. A. Pif, c;7.—( )iily irom the air may one gain a comprehensive view of the terraced,hills on which lie the ruins of Xochicalco. 56 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION rubbish heaps show Archaic, Toltec, and Aztec remains one above theother. In this section, as elsewhere throughout the Valley of Mexico,native villages still bear names recorded by Cortez 400 years Xochimilco and Chalco narrow gardens or chinampas, made oflake mud piled on reed mats, still produce the vegetables and flowerssold in city markets. From Mexico a modern highway follows the old causeway north-ward to Tepeyac, where an Aztec temple to the goddess of Earth andCorn was later replaced by a shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe, PatronSaint of the Republic. A few miles to the northeast is the fascinatingConvent of San Agustin Acolman, through whose frescoed halls 8feet of silt were deposited by the great flood of 1629. Here, as at thecrumbling Convent of Tl
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