. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 108 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA At Tikaj. the stelae show, for the most part, human figures in profile, but unmistakable development can be seen in general quality of carving as well as in specific details. In making comparisons in art it is always neces- sary to consider similar things. At many other Mayan cities than the two named above it is possible to obtain satisfactory evidence of sequence in art forms by cutting out similar details from different masses. Thus at , when we examin
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 108 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA At Tikaj. the stelae show, for the most part, human figures in profile, but unmistakable development can be seen in general quality of carving as well as in specific details. In making comparisons in art it is always neces- sary to consider similar things. At many other Mayan cities than the two named above it is possible to obtain satisfactory evidence of sequence in art forms by cutting out similar details from different masses. Thus at , when we examine all the Ceremonial Bars, we find a remarkable devel- opment of flamboyant detail on (^ the later monuments. At Qui- rigua the faces on the tops of the altars may be compared with the same result. At Piedras Negras the heads of the /Two-headed Dragon that oc- cur in exactly similar posi- tions on four I m on u ments / likewise show a / steady modinj^ cation towardg flam boy anoy as may be seen from Fig. 36, where the front heads are put side by side. Still other lines of evidence on historical sequence are to be gained from a study of architecture. Not only is. 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 of Natural History
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