Mr. Bandelier concludes that similar ruins once
the ruins at Mitla. The Palace, at Palenque, is evidently but
In fact, with our present knowledge of the pueblos of Arizona,
of such houses by the Mexicans, we are no longer justified in
ignorant of the mode of life indicated by these joint
capable of accommodating several hundred occupants, with its
or sculpture, it was extremely natural that they should call it
Mexicans, when at the height of their power, required buildings
inhabited Uxmal and Palenque. The most important house was the
proper. This was the official residence of the "chief of men"
meeting of the council.html">council of chiefs. It was here that the
other tribes and traders from a distance were provided with
Mexico they were provided for at the tecpan. We would not expect
pueblos. It has been suggested that the Governor's House at
halls, suitable for council purposes, favor this idea.html">idea.<6>
A third class of buildings was the teocalli, or "House of
Each of the gens that composed the Mexican tribe had its own
each and every tribe of sedentary Indians in the territory we
pyramidal parallelograms, square or oblong, and consisted of a
sides."<7> It is not necessary to dwell longer on this style of
Cross, and of the Beau-relief at Palenque; the House of the
clear idea of their construction.
The architecture of a people is a very good exponent of.
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