The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . TERKA-COTTA MASKS AND HEADS FOUND AT TEOTIIIUACAN. were colossal ; among Americans, on the contrary, they weresmall, primitive, hardly more than altars. The temple was all-important with the former, the palace with the latter. In fact,the two polities were diametrically opposed, save on such pointsof contact as are common to all races in the early stage of theircivilisation. 134 The Ancient Cities of the New World. Some writers, arguing from the existence of a civilisationanterio
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . TERKA-COTTA MASKS AND HEADS FOUND AT TEOTIIIUACAN. were colossal ; among Americans, on the contrary, they weresmall, primitive, hardly more than altars. The temple was all-important with the former, the palace with the latter. In fact,the two polities were diametrically opposed, save on such pointsof contact as are common to all races in the early stage of theircivilisation. 134 The Ancient Cities of the New World. Some writers, arguing from the existence of a civilisationanterior to the Incas, concluded, with some show of reason,that there existed a pre-Toltec civilisation also ; but a momentsreflection will show that no parallel exists between the two;for the former, in a climate eminently favourable to the pre-servation of monuments, has hardly left any trace, whilst thelatter, in a climate peculiarly destructive, has left whole citiesand monuments in almost perfect preservation. In Peru, thepeople who followed the earlier races used extant remains forthe foundations of their monum
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