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unirrigated land (see Karttunen); or, the top soil of the mountain, the upland
[Source: Barbara J. Williams, "Pictorial Representation of Soils in the Valley of Mexico: Evidence from the Codex Vergara," Geoscience and Man 21 (1980), 51–62; see p. 57. She cites Sahagún.]
“A third combines the stone resting on the mat, giving tepetate, but with the addition of the teeth grapheme, tlantli, under or over the mat (Fig. 511). This could be a rendering of tepetlalli, “the top soil of the mountain, the upland” (Sahagún, 1963, p. 253).” (p. 57)