. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 16 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA snowy zone from the table-land which is itself about 8,000 feet above the sea. In southern Mexico the plateau area enclosed between the principal sierras narrows perceptibly, because the shore line of the Pacific and the mountain range that parallels it swing more and more towards the east. At the Isthmus of Tehuantepec a low valley sepa- rates the highland area of Mexico from that of Central America. This second table-land is not so wide as the one we have just c
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 16 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA snowy zone from the table-land which is itself about 8,000 feet above the sea. In southern Mexico the plateau area enclosed between the principal sierras narrows perceptibly, because the shore line of the Pacific and the mountain range that parallels it swing more and more towards the east. At the Isthmus of Tehuantepec a low valley sepa- rates the highland area of Mexico from that of Central America. This second table-land is not so wide as the one we have just con- sidered and is more deeply dis- sected by rivers. The mountains of Guatemala rise to a consider- able altitude, the highest being Tacana with 13,976 feet eleva- tion. Active volcanoes are num- erous and earthquakes frequent and often disastrous. The Volcan de Agua and the Volcan de Fuego (Volcano of Water and Volcano of Fire) look down upon Cuidad Vieja and Antigua Guatemala, the old Spanish capitals which each in turn destroyed. The Cordillera still presents its most abrupt front to the Pacific and on the eastern side, in Guatemala and Honduras, there are high forest-bearing ridges between the river systems. The Cockscomb Moun- tains in British Honduras are a low outlying group. In southern Nicaragua the main chain is broken by a low broad valley that extends from ocean to ocean. In Costa Rica and Panama a single range stretches mid- way along the narrow strip of land, with peaks that rise above 11,000 Fig. 2. The Smoke reaches the Stars, a Mexican Picture of a Volcanic Eruption in the Codex Telleriano- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York [American Museum Press]
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