General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . ion was the templearchitecture, erected by the people under the direction of the priests who. , . governed them. Models of these buildings are distributed throughout the hall. Richly carved details from variousruins of Yucatan and from (opan in Honduras are to be seen in the north-east wall case. Especially notable are the casts of great stelae on whichthe Mayas recorded important astronomical data; these arc set alongthe central aisle and in the Maya section. The Central American civilizations produced master sc
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . ion was the templearchitecture, erected by the people under the direction of the priests who. , . governed them. Models of these buildings are distributed throughout the hall. Richly carved details from variousruins of Yucatan and from (opan in Honduras are to be seen in the north-east wall case. Especially notable are the casts of great stelae on whichthe Mayas recorded important astronomical data; these arc set alongthe central aisle and in the Maya section. The Central American civilizations produced master is called to the synoptic exhibition in the first A-case on the_ , right of the aisle, to the Totonac sculptures in pottery and Sculpture i stone farther down the hall, and to the superb stoneCorn Goddess shown with the casts of other deities in the Aztec earliest art yet discovered in Central America is represented by thelittle clay figures found in the lowest strata of human occupation in theValley of Mexico, also exhibited in the Aztec 76 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA The minor sculpture in semi-precious stones is of great beauty, andexamples in jade and rock crystal are arranged in the jewel cases in thecentral aisle. The celebrated jade ceremonial axe and tigerfrom the Vera Cruz region, and the jades from Chiapas inthe Maya art style, shown in the last of these cases, are among the gems Jewelry
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