Fi g. 44. Photograph of t he elegant pictogra m of a blac k, ste nciled hand s urr o unded by t hree dots ( above) i n Panel # 9. Calci u m carbo nate deposits al o ng t he ledge create a bo undary bet wee n t he hand and t he pictogra ms of a bar wit h slanted li nes represe nti ng t he nu meral 5 and a circ ular ele me nt t hat rese mbles a s hi el d.
Fi g. 45. Dra wi ng of a Late Urban Peri od quadri partite gl yph E wit ho ut c oeffici e nt, ass oci ated wit h a l obed gl yph t hat rese mbles a heart. The red pi g me nt stai ns ( above ri g ht) and als o under t his gl yph are fro m an earli er pai nti ng epis ode.
date to t he Classic Peri od is a re nditi o n of t he
T he S outh Wall Panels 1 0–1 5
have a c oeffici e nt, but whic h is ass ociated wit h a
( PANELS 1 0-1 2)
quadri partite gl yph E whic h does not appear to
l obed gl ypht hat rese mbles a heart ( fi g. 45). The red pi g me nt stai ns above and als o under t his gl yph are
fro m an earli er pai nti ng epis ode. To war ds t he
t unnel' s i nteri or I fo und t wo pictogra ms t hat
PICTOGRAMS NEAR THE WESTERN ACCESS
Pa nel 1 0
The s o ut h wall byt he wester n cave access prese nts
a large and anci e nt asse mblage of circles, li nes,
appear to be re nditi o ns of s hells, or per haps pods of
c hai ns of r ho mboi ds and ant hropo mor phic fi g ures
t he gl yph o n Miltepec Sto ne 4 ( fi g. 46, Rodrí g uez
c o mpositi o n probabl y dates to t he Arc haic Peri od
t he c otto n tree ( Cei ba s p. ), and whic h rese mble
pai nted wit h red and blac k pi g me nts ( fi g. 47). The
Cano 1 996: 1 88– 1 89, fi gs. 98– 99). S hells may be
( Ri nc ó n Maut ner i n press b; n. d. r. ) It is do mi nated
and as I have me nti o ned, fossil s hells are readil y
o utstretc hed ar m. Bel o wand to t heleftis a gr o up of
c o nsi dered part of t he “ water y” Under worl d fauna, visi ble e mbedded i n t he matri x of t he Cretaceo us
li mesto ne walls of t he t unnel. Es pi nosa Pi neda ( 2 001: 2 6 6– 2 7 4) c o nsi ders s hells to be part of t he
fauna ass oci ate d wit h Quetzalc oatl – E hec atl. 38
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Ketzalc alli
by a large ant hropo mor phic fi g ure
wit h an
“t hic k– bodied” ant hr opo mor phic fi g ures i n si ngle
file t hat are hol di ng hands as if partici pati ng i n a dance ( fi g. 48). They face what I i nter pret as t he
represe ntati o n
of
t he
wester n
cave
access