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198 N o t e s o f M i d d l e A m e r i c a n A r c h a e o l o g y a n d E t h n o l o g y Carnegie Institution of Washington Division of Historical Research No. 52 May 15, 1945 rock Paintings at Texcalpintado, morelos, mexico M. A. Espejo much weathering, appear to be the oldest. They occupy an area about 3 m by 3 m. Above this band of dots there are, two heads, that to the right clearly being a representation of Tlaloc. To the left and above there is an important group of three persons representing a scene. A man, wearing a low headdress like an amacalli (bark-cloth hat) with two quetzal feathers, carries the ceremonial rattle in one hand. A woman is seated before him with two spots on her cheek, clearly facial decoration . Below her is the third figure with face painted with a vertical line behind his eye. This scene appears to continue in another group which is not in line, owing to the irregular surface of the rock. There are three principal figures here. The first and second carry an amapamitl (stick with two strips of paper), the first wearing a sort of threepointed crown very similar to that, which Tlaloc sometimes wears. He has a crescentic mark on his face. The third figure is a man wearing the mask of a bird. Higher still (and there is consequent distortion in the copy) there is a man wearing the mask of some wild animal. At his feet is a small human figure carrying a jar on his head. In the center of the area there are a number of figures, of which the most important is that of a man carrying a rattle and wearing a headdress which also is probably an amacalli. South of this are to be seen crossed bones very similar to those in Mixtec codices , the head of an owl reminiscent of those on the stelae of Monte Alban, a warrior with a shield arid At the end of September 1943 some people from Hueyapan, Morelos, reported to the Mexican National Museum of Anthropology the discovery of a great number of figures painted on a rock at a place called Texcalpintado in the state of Morelos. With the permission of the director of the museum I went to see these paintings with Mr. R. H. Barlow and seven other persons. Thesiteissituatedabout7kmsouthofHueyapan. The River Amatzinac at that point is bounded on its left bank by a very high cliff. About 8 m above the stream there projects a small terrace, some 10 m long by 2 m wide. The pictographs cover the vertical face of the cliff immediately above this terrace, occupying an area 20 m long by 5 m high. The figures are drawn in white against the slightly reddish background of the rock. In many places this white paint has aged to a yellowish tone. The average height of the figures is 40 cm. There are also numerous dots carved in very irregular horizontal lines. Some of these have been painted white. Apparently the paintings were made in strips at sundry levels, advantage being taken of the irregularities in the rock. There are, however, many isolated and unrelated figures. Because of the narrowness of the platform it was impossible to copy all the designs, but all those of most importance are shown. A few of the reproductions reveal some distortion because of the angle from which they were copied. The first group at the bottom of the left end consists of dots which, because of their crudity and 52.1. Rock paintings at Texcalpintado, Morelos, Mexico. 52.2. Rock paintings at Texcalpintado, Morelos, Mexico. [18.117.182.179] Project MUSE (2024-04-23 10:32 GMT) M. a. eSpeJo 200 two arrows, and another face which might represent Ehecatl. The last group, at the top of the south end, appears to be the most recent because the white paint is brighter. It consists of a circle with a banner on top, an animal, aid a woman. The animal, which is to the left, has a very long snout; the woman, to the right, has a very elaborate headdress, and carries in her right hand two objects like ears of corn. A circle with a banner above it is the glyph for Hueyapan in the Mendoza and other codices. Because...

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