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Chicomoztoc, Seven Caves, Teotfüuacan<br />

The Aztec Cave of orig<strong>in</strong> (the place of seven Caves under þramid<br />

sun at Teotihuacan), with twisted hill symbol of Colhuacan at top.<br />

shows the birth of the Aztec tribes from the mounta<strong>in</strong> womb.<br />

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Historía Tolteca-Chechimecø codex, Mexico, Valley of Puebla, 1,ss0lT0,<br />

Bibliotheque nationale, Paris. Photo of codex, fol,. 1"6r., as Fig. 7, p. ITB <strong>in</strong><br />

Townsend, 1992, "The Renewal of Nature at the Temple of Tlaloc," <strong>in</strong><br />

The Ancient Americas: Art f"rom Søcred Landscapes, ed. by Richard F.<br />

Townsend, 1992.

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