Show MUCH OF INTEREST IN MEXICAN FINDS Among Them Reconstruction of Americas America's Past The discovery dIsco of an nn et extraordinarily trao rill rill- rich tomb at Oaxaca should be an c. c exciting event ent for Amer Amer- leans In recent years rears n a considerable consider consider- able amount of research has been done In Mexico l and has hns resulted In n extensive e additions to our knowledge of the various arlous ci These researches have Impressed impressed im Im- pressed both Mexicans and Americans AmerIcans Ameri AmerI- cans with the dignify dignity of or the purely American tradition l Mayan an Toltec and Aztec art has come to possess a n greater appeal than that of the primitive c and antI with the new and lively lively live live- I ly appreciation of ot modern Mexico whose modernity Indeed has hns Its roots fixed so deeply In the rich and ancient soil has awakened a more than merel merely archeological interest In nIl all finds south of the Rio Grande The more that Is unearthed about these early peoples the more Imposing In ing does their history appear For they seem to have hn been greatly gl gifted gifted gift gift- ted t- t ed not only in such arts and crafts as metal working stone carving pottery pottery pot pot- tery textiles etc but In architecture architecture ture and even en in rather savage forms of political organization nn and socIal life Even E the religion of the Aztecs Aztecs Az Az- while spoken en of by some writers writers writ writ- ers ens as revolting re has seemed to others oth OUI- ers to be tae singularly Impressive c The Tile l Indians are ranked as n a member of the tile group and the an ruins at nt Monte Alban have attracted the attention of at students students students stu stu- dents for some time This latest dIscovery discovery dIs- dIs dis- dis covery the result of or labors made possible by private contributions and especially b by funds given gi by the late Dwight Morrow when full fully studied may take place among the most important In late times The objects found foun In the tomb are of at a n I late Inte date the date the Fifteenth century Just before the Spanish conquest buin bu but butin but in that respect they perhaps represent sent the summation of a number o of cultural strains and exhibit the successive suc- suc e contributions of the various arIous masters of ancient Mexico While their primary appeal will b be beto beto to specialists they will wall unquestionably ably have some meaning for laymen As tIme passes the reconstruction o othe of the American past and the reclaimIng reclaimIng reclaiming reclaim reclaim- Ing of the American heritage become more and more a significant work The secrets of both bath of these things thing are to be found foun If anywhere In th the relics of the Indians of Mexico and dentral America ca The more that tha comes to light about them and is presented pres presented pre pre- s ted for forr scholarly s scrutiny and synthesis the greater grenter the opportunity of eventually e piecing together th the full meaning of one of the most Im portent aspects of or our heritage BaI Baltimore Sun |