Chapter VII: Antiquities of Oajaca and Guerrero (3)

[VII-69] _Museo Mex._, tom. i., p. 136. Lovato's exploration was made by the order of Gen. Leon, and the account furnished for publication by Sr J. M. Tornel. In describing the Temple, the three flights of stairs are said to have 10, 8, and 6 steps, respectively, which does not agree with the plate as copied above. Müller gives the number of small buildings, or dwellings, whose foundations are visible as 120 instead of 130; he also gives in his dimensions mètres instead of varas, which would increase them in English feet in the proportion of 92 to 109. He further states that the structures face the cardinal points.

[VII-70] _Unda_, in _Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin_, 2da época, tom. i., p. 30; _Museo Mex._, tom. i., p. 250.

[VII-71] _Dupaix_, 2d exped., p. 14, pl. xix., fig. 55; _Kingsborough_, vol. v., p. 244, vol. vi., p. 442, vol. iv., pl. xvii., fig. 55; _Lenoir_, in _Antiq. Mex._, tom. ii., div. i., p. 47.

[VII-72] _Museo Mex._, tom. i., pp. 249, 401, with plates of the rings and 7 stone relics.

[VII-73] _Dupaix_, 2d exped., pp. 15-16, pl. xix.-xx., fig. 56-63; _Kingsborough_, vol. v., pp. 244-5, vol. vi., pp. 442-3, vol. iv., pl. xvii.-xviii., fig. 56-63. Respecting the jasper figures M. Dupaix says: 'Le nombre de celles qu'on trouve dans les sépultures de la nation zapotèque est infini. Elles ont deux à trois pouces de haut; elles sont presque toutes de forme triangulaire, quadrangulaire, ou prismatique, et sont sculptées en jaspe vert foncé, ayant invariablement la même attitude semblable à celle d'Iris ou d'Osiris, dont les petites idoles étaient destinées à accompagner les momies égyptiennes.' The hole in the back part of each is drilled in a curved line. _Lenoir_, in _Antiq. Mex._, tom. ii., div. i., pp. 47-8.

[VII-74] _Muñoz_, _Estadística del Distrito de Hidalgo_, in _Guerrero_, _Memoria presentada á la H. Legislatura, por el Gobernador, Fran. O. Arce_, 1872, pp. 45, 150, 272.