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Show I PHEHISTORIG CITY' I FOUND 110 Metropolis Which Flourished Flourish-ed '4,000 Years Ago is Partially Uncovered sax JUAN nr: tEOTlHUACAN. $SXlCO March 23. Prospecting for tie habitants of B lost race In virtually t tic Mint manner as minora dis for gold, federal employes here have Started to uncover the remains Oi city of at least 100.000 inhabitants which flourished 4000 or more yens ago Here and there over the COn-fines COn-fines of the burled city have been sunk shafts to find streets, houses and leitl- fl pries known to exist below the level fl 3 the mountain valley in which lies fl the little village of San Juan fls Teotl-huacan. Teotl-huacan. the name of which means in ;he Aztec tongue. "City of '".i- Gods. The Mexican Bpvernmenl has ap-nroprlated ap-nroprlated funds for this work of cn- Avatlon which is in charge of Ma (famlo. director of anthropology f the department of agriculture. The go-Snment go-Snment hopes eventually to make the spot one of the show places of Mc- BH Dominating the area are the two pyramids, one to the Sun and the other to the Moon, which for contu-i contu-i ii s have defied the efforts Dl arch-apologists arch-apologists and historians to tr.o e their origin The pyramid to the Mo.,ii is An untouched, retaining an appear-.uiee appear-.uiee to the lay ee of a huge mound of irregular shape, overgrown with grass and rubblFh Senor Gamio says the eity now un-fl un-fl der excavation at one time CO are 1 :m area of 15 square miles with a pop-gallon pop-gallon of more than 100,000 Its bul'ders are unknown to history but. Sr. Oumlc believes they were a pjr-tion pjr-tion of an Indian tribe which wandcr-e.fl wandcr-e.fl Into Mexico from the north and. finding the valley fruitful and the climate salubrious, decided to settle The presence of volcanic rock as one of the 'op strata covering the ruins indicates that one of the nearoy mountains erupted and inundated the city with lava. Entry to the grounds ig made faC-ing faC-ing the "Temple to the Goddess the "Winds. ' which was discovered l than a year ago, when erosion uncov-ored uncov-ored well defined walls and decorations decora-tions typically Indian ana E ypl a i In their conception This temple has now been dug out and reconstructed on tho exterior. The Inside In reached at present through a SerlOB ol BUbter- ramvin passages. Inside, the visitor fl treads over massive st.iirs witii ornate decorations of till serpents with Ob fl sidian eyes and eroi conceptlona reminiscent of EJtTJ , Thl of interior excavutl" I icconstruc-Mon icconstruc-Mon is far from conn. PAINT STILL BRIGHT. Between this temple and the uyfa-mid uyfa-mid to the Sun Is a stretch of one-quarter one-quarter of a mile which Is at Intervals pierced by the shafts of the dl and in some places by the unc-n remains of a hoiife or public bullying fl with the paint s'ill bright an.'. ttH j rrescocs alntact as the day th3 Wi re placed there sccral thousnr years ago. I -Between the tvro pyramids Is a won defined plaza on one side of whl b ' street has been uncovered, known ... the "rath of the Lead." Flanking tl iH plaza are hundreds of moundH which I Sr. Oamlo assured tne correaponasni contained either houses or temples. Immense stores of valuable arch- , aeologlcal material have been taken from tho various excavations. Human bones, terra cotta heads, obsidian knives, arrowheads, children's toys of clay, cooking utensils, lnconse burners nnd crude musical Instruments form the bulk of the find and all are preserved pre-served jn a museum which has Just been erected on the grounds. The two pyramids however, arc the dominant structures of the city The pyramid to the Sun measures 761x 721 feet at tho baso and Is 2 10 feet high, narrowing to a level summit. Unlike the pyramids of Egypt with Its huge Jutting blocks of stone forming form-ing an endless stairs to tho top. the Sun pyramid is built with a smooth surface in five distinct tiers. Ascent is made by steps built Into the side and to the uninitiated the undertaklni Is almost perilous because of the steep Incline with no supporting balustrade, it differs from Its Egyptian counterparts counter-parts also in the respect thr.t it contains con-tains no interior passages or rooms. The pyramid of the Moon is smaller with a base measuring about 611x4 26 feet. It rises 151 feet with a crowning platform about 19 feet square In connection with his supervision of the excavations, Sr. Oamlo has interested in-terested himself in the Indian Vfo of tho valley and on of his first efforts has been to establish schools with Special attention paid to manual training. train-ing. I rlginally, the valley contained 2-00. 000 Indians, hut these had been reduced to 20,000 in colonial days and now number lees than 8000 They earn but a poor living when crops art good and when there are failures starvation star-vation and widespread death ensue. Groups of Indians at potrery making, mak-ing, a new industry in the valley, were evidence that a portion at least of Sr. Gamlo's program Is being carried car-ried out. |