Contributions to the history of the south-western portion of the United States (1890)
Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840-1914 · Cambridge : John Wilson and Son, University Press · leaf 89
catl, or 1479 ^* ^-^ above the head ofthe sun, on the rim or border. Beyond this, the signs are still subjects for interpretation.Interpretations have been furnished, since Leon y Gama wrote,by the two high authorities, to whom I have already referred,and I do not feel competent myself to go over… … TEOYAOMIQUI, THE GOD OF WAR AND DEATH. NOTES ABOUT THE CITY OF MEXICO. 59 The Statue called the Goddess Teoyaomiqul (Plate V.) It is to Antonio de Leon y Gama that this great monolithalso owes its name. The block, which is two metres and sixtycentimetres (eight and one half feet) high, one metre…
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