San Estevan is a pretty village, near the summit of some low gray hills of tufa, behind which rises a background of higher hills of the same material.

The slope is terraced for the houses, which are all built of adobe bricks and have flat roofs.

The "three part house," of the ancient Aztec type--god-house, kitchen, and granary--is better shown in this state than almost any other part of the Republic.

The granary, or _cuezcomate_, is particularly characteristic.
It is built of clay, in the form of a great vase or urn, open at the top, above which is built a little thatch to shed rain and to protect the contents.

The _cuezcomate_ is often ten feet high.