prev - home - index - next Preceded by calendrical dates, both these monuments depict snakes with their maws wide open, out of which emerge humans. The other three sides of the stelae are covered with what some scholars maintain is a writing system. Stelae 1 and 3 Xochicalco Late Classic (600-900 A.D.) Xochicalco, State of Morelos Volcanic tuff Originally, approximately 1.50 m. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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