Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . h their barrios (calpulli)and the persons belonging to them in the Manuscrit Mexicain number3 of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. There (k) the water flowingin a circle is much more plainly drawn than in our hieroglyph. Butsince, as we shall see, both the succeeding hieroglyphs also refer toterritories adjacent or friendly to Uexotzinco, I think it quite prob-able that the place hieroglyph in square 29, column e, should be readAlmoyauacan. The chieftain of the place is designated hieroglyphically by thehead of a jagua
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . h their barrios (calpulli)and the persons belonging to them in the Manuscrit Mexicain number3 of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. There (k) the water flowingin a circle is much more plainly drawn than in our hieroglyph. Butsince, as we shall see, both the succeeding hieroglyphs also refer toterritories adjacent or friendly to Uexotzinco, I think it quite prob-able that the place hieroglyph in square 29, column e, should be readAlmoyauacan. The chieftain of the place is designated hieroglyphically by thehead of a jaguar. His name must therefore have been Ocelotl, orTequan, beast of prey . The place which is meant to be designated in square 33 (plate iv)is represented by a bush painted bluish green. Unfortunately, thishieroglyph is also open to various readings. The Mexicans expressedthe word zacatl, grass by a similar bush (see in the Mendozacodex the place names Zacatlan, Zacatepec, and Zacatollan, shown ina, 6, and <?, figure 36); but they also painted the same thing when they I.
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