Observations on Mexican history and archæology, with a special notice of Zapotec remains, as delineated in Mr. J. G. Sawkins's drawings of Mitla .. (1856)
MEXICAN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. 17 measuring a foot in height, it may he calculated that the summit was at least sixty feet from the ground. It consists of seven stories or bodies, each decreasing in size as it ascends from the base, and all of the form shown by the annexed profile of the lower… … A few miles from Papantla, near an Indian rancho, called Mapilca, Mr. Nebel discovered more pyramids, carved stones, and the ruins of an extensive town, but everything was so overgrown with the tropical vegetation, that he found it im- possible to penetrate the district, and examine the relics. The…
Zapotec Indians
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