Marble Hill press., 1920-07-15

out she state - oaaacn M.Al.
80. are 10 b" found what fhoy
call "rurhlus Nirlas" told ~
lagrsl. sour close 20 'hr sltr u, the
nsw villages ana Others iu the Mid
country Ear away from all hah'aiiors
In th"s" ruins traces can De- seen -
h"us"s temples fortfcssss and tumns
IN some plac"s graves uuly afr seen
e. mark The piaec - q former styt't
sailon. anI these consist ~ mounds.
s.Htu. ~ which are built o. y consider.
able height writes a carrrsl-,udsu, -
III" Christian Science Muutur
I Amoue ~" ruins Vel AuHNn an
account ~ their STAT. - pr,s,r,atiuu
aud importance can hs mratInrt The
Z fulus ~ Militia 'hu." at Moule Aftau.
at Iuicugu'a aud 90 Nehu'la
The fHmau> ruins ~ MFa arr the
best preserved IN account u n. dry
climate "f fHc country ia which thry
are situated They ar~ among tlr
most ,iah"nsrly urramsutcd uLns 60
MrN.r" uri on The wallis arr gu4rd
about hfi~'u dirrrvui designs made
with mosntcs known as sIrelurs TIE
figures arc ali Er,wsfrllaI and afu
found mostly iH ra1''s "a both inside
and outside ~ ~, walls - the ruan.
Features Of n,ls RuiNs.
IT," original name - thr.s ruins
wns iyatas. and they vcr. later su
rasel ry o." Mrllenus "MIetlau-
which means the p.hrr ~ The Gsad So
The place u nuw lu tl, frUf,t - ttc
LspU'sc country sHi t,. Zapete, Ian.
-nagN is spoken Ey en-. Inhabitants
Il tie y.iIasr close 'a the ruins uue
fef 'hs riaultrrs ranfalHs 81 huge
m.hs'.ths each telns about T. fr..t
hIgh and frst IN circumference.
which have go cartia.s TIE us<
beautiful ream is kuuUu as tie Han
- MasaTeS Us four sides arr covered
with d,s sns Paintings w,rr found /
on same 81 the nails. tut these ta,a !
mostly disappeared close 20 the
ruins pyumlial mound Is 70 f.s /
seen and about two miles distant j. q 4
fort og great interest
The gfctgu.s ~ 8rahe~sIuru found +
at Militia give tt distinctive rhaEat
f'T. aBi To no other part - ~, o.
public are there any ruins I.lc them
When %" Spaulards conquered Mex
60, Militia was still al Important place 4
The ruins ~ Monte Aisan are stu.
Htsd au the outskirts ~ the cts -
uaxaca and seem To- belong to magh
older civilization than those ~ Militia
In fact. Monte Alhan VAS 10 ruins
W hen Militia vas at It's he sht ~ pros
pcrity. The ruins Covrr an area ~
about two miles In length by third
n n mile In s!ith. On every side are
remains Of temples. foundations, t.r. +
races walls, and graves, bu, these
places have no, b.rn explored aud arr
covered with debris. Some fiur stones
with carvings are still standing and
many have been removed To the Ma
iuuHl Museum ~ Mexico City. The
sculptures Indicate that The Maya ctvi.
iEatlon must have extended to this
4art OF the country
Fort at 6usenauIa.
The ruins of Gulergula ON the 18th.
nus of Tchuautepcc show the exist
nee ot "a big fort which was a~et!
n the battles between the Mcxiyans
md the Xapotecs This fort was built ,
N the top ~ mountain. and contains ,
wo pyamlds OF stones. having stair, ,
'ays leading up 10 the tops, Remains :
( temples, chambers, trenches. aud /,
erraces can also be distinguished.
The ruins ut Achutla consist of
ourts. walls, mounds. and terraces,
Ichiutls was the sacred city OF the p
reat Mlxtec nation. their country he +,
lg called MIxtecapam before the Il
pnniarfs arrived In Mexico An cx. 1,
number of pieces of pot. ;,
Fry IL found everywhere In this vii. 4
'ge. which In still inhabited by the !,
Iixiec Indians. or Mixtecos a.
In the graves that have been opened =,
! these different ruins have been | ~
'und great variety Of stone and q,
ay idols, ornaments made of gold, ~,
'pper, jade. she'll ohsidIan, and stone, y
eautifui specimens OF painted pot. In
ry have also been found. and some :,
the finest samples Of Mexican ce- n
mic art come from the tombs Of a,
axaca. =,
The Indian tribes Inhabiting the h,
ate OF oaSaca are the 2ap0tecs.
ixtecs. Niles, CuIcatecs, Mazatecs
exicans, Amusgos, Triques, Chatlnos,
1inantecs Huaves, Zoques and m
,ontales. OF these the Zapotecs and
ixtecs were the most important and
ey resisted the spanlards long after IN
9 rest OF the country had been con-
ered. The Huaves, Amusgos and he