. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. len underhis observation. I have translated and quoted this passage at length because it con-tains the account of an eyewitness who saw the monuments when theywere still in a tolerably intact condition, furnished still with the roof,which is now entirely gone; because this passage is the only one Iknow of, dating from ancient times, which gives an explanation con-cerning the purpose and significance of the different buildings; andbecause the book from which the quotation is taken is extremely spite of much inqu
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. len underhis observation. I have translated and quoted this passage at length because it con-tains the account of an eyewitness who saw the monuments when theywere still in a tolerably intact condition, furnished still with the roof,which is now entirely gone; because this passage is the only one Iknow of, dating from ancient times, which gives an explanation con-cerning the purpose and significance of the different buildings; andbecause the book from which the quotation is taken is extremely spite of much inquiry, I have heard of no library in Germany orAustria which contains the work. The position of the buildings as they stand to-day is seen on theplan given in plate xxn. This is drawn, according to a plan madeby the well-known architect, E. Muhlenpfordt, in the year 1831, withthe addition of some details which were added from the results of per-sonal observations and after a recent drawing by Mr J. Leon. It is BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 28 PLATE XXIIi NORTH WEST. GROUND PLAN OF PALACE I, MITLA sbler] DESCRIPTION OF MITLA 253 seen that there are in all three groups of the principal buildings,which extend in a slight curve from the height down to the river. Ihave numbered the first I. For practical reasons I have numberedthe second II and III. The third is designated IV. Inside the arcformed by these groups of buildings, but not near the center, lies aterraced pyramid, an ancient temple without doubt, which serves nowas a cemetery and has a chapel on its upper platform. A courtformed by broad, rampartlike elevations lies behind it. On the otherside of the river there is a similar, smaller pyramid with severalcourts formed by rampartlike elevations. Each of the three chief groups of buildings, I, II-III, and IV,consists of a main building and an adjoining building (see the groundplan of palace I, plate xxiii). The main structure has a courtyardlying according to the four
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