(B ) Basalt figure of a kneeling woman, Valley
of Mexico (?), c. 15OO. New York, American
Museum of Natural History

(B ) Tizatlám, altar paintings showing Tezcatli-
poca and Mictlantecuhtli, after 1000 (Photos
courtesy L. Aveleyra)

(B ) Sandstone sarcophagus (Monument 6) from
La Venta, c. 500 B.C. Villahermosa,Parque
Olmeca ( Nat. Geo. Soc., courtesy M. W.
Stirling)

(B ) Jade celt from the state of Oaxaca (?), before
200. New York, American Museum of Natural
History

(B ) Colossal basalt head No. 2 from La Venta
(Middle Group), after 200 (?) Villahermosa,
Parque Olmeca ( Nat. Geo. Soc.)

(B ) Pottery figurine heads from La Venta, vari-
ous periods. Mexico City, Stavenhagen Col-
lection

(B ) Head and shoulders of a woman (fragment)
from southern Veracruz, before 300. Jade.
Washington, National Gallery, Bliss Collection

(B) Incised jade plaque from southern Veracruz
(?), before 300. Mexico City, Museo Nacional
de Antropología

(B ) Stone stela from Tepatlaxco showing the
dressing of a ball-player, ninth or tenth cen-
tury (?) Height 72 in. Mexico City, Museo
National de Antropología (Photo courtesy L.
Aveleyra)

(B ) Stone blade (hacha) from central Veracruz,
fourth century (?) Washington, National Gal-
lery, Bliss Collection

(B ) Palmate stone from central Veracruz, ninth
century (?) Cleveland Museum of Art, Tish-
man Collection

(B ) Tajín, main ball-court, south-west panel,
eagle warrior ritual, early ninth century (?)
(After Marquina)

(B ) Pottery figurine head, laughing Mistequilla
type, from southern Veracruz, ninth century
(?) Height 6 in. New York, American Museum
of Natural History