caracoles

They linked each of the 2,000 or so often tiny villages they controlled to hub villages known as caracoles ( "conch" or "snail"), the concept being that contacts and ideas could spiral - in the manner of a snail shell - between the centre and the villages.

New Statesman 2009

When the local Aztec dance troupe, Quetzalcoatl Naucampa sought to perform at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun - Quetzalcoatl, "the Plumed Serpent" was a Teotihuacan deity - the dancers were attacked by the police who claimed that the sounding of their "caracoles" or conch-shell trumpets would "damage the monuments and annoy the tourists."

CounterPunch 2009

When the local Aztec dance troupe, Quetzalcoatl Naucampa sought to perform at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun - Quetzalcoatl, "the Plumed Serpent" was a Teotihuacan deity - the dancers were attacked by the police who claimed that the sounding of their "caracoles" or conch-shell trumpets would "damage the monuments and annoy the tourists."

CounterPunch 2009

On this first visit, José María was working on some tapas - lids for clay jars that would go on clay lampshades fashioned into the shapes of stylized caracoles - conch shells - with rows of three tiny teeth swirling around them like the twisting figures of conchs.

Jose Maria Alejos Madrigal: Generations of ceramic creativity in San Jose de Gracia, Michoacan 2008

On this first visit, José María was working on some tapas - lids for clay jars that would go on clay lampshades fashioned into the shapes of stylized caracoles - conch shells - with rows of three tiny teeth swirling around them like the twisting figures of conchs.

Jose Maria Alejos Madrigal: Generations of ceramic creativity in San Jose de Gracia, Michoacan 2008

On this first visit, José María was working on some tapas - lids for clay jars that would go on clay lampshades fashioned into the shapes of stylized caracoles - conch shells - with rows of three tiny teeth swirling around them like the twisting figures of conchs.

Jose Maria Alejos Madrigal: Generations of ceramic creativity in San Jose de Gracia, Michoacan 2008

I've had caracoles (sp?) before, and although I don't find them to be tasty, I consider small amounts are edible on rare occasions. nancy colibri1

I'd rather eat glass than.... 2007

I've had caracoles (sp?) before, and although I don't find them to be tasty, I consider small amounts are edible on rare occasions. nancy colibri1

I'd rather eat glass than.... 2007

I've had caracoles (sp?) before, and although I don't find them to be tasty, I consider small amounts are edible on rare occasions. nancy colibri1

I'd rather eat glass than.... 2007

I've had caracoles (sp?) before, and although I don't find them to be tasty, I consider small amounts are edible on rare occasions. nancy colibri1

I'd rather eat glass than.... 2007