prev - home - index - next Preceded by calendrical dates, both
these monuments depict snakes with their maws wide open, out of
which emerge humans. The other three sides of the stelae are
covered with what some scholars maintain is a writing system.
Stelae 1 and 3 Late Classic (600-900 A.D.) Xochicalco, State of
Morelos Originally, approximately 1.50 m. National Museum of
Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara