Chapter II: Introduction: 1

I. MEXICO: TRIBAL HISTORY 5

II. MEXICO: THE GODS 31

III. MEXICO: THE CALENDAR AND CALENDRICAL FEASTS 59

IV. MEXICO: WRITING, PRIESTHOOD, MEDICINE AND BURIAL 86

V. MEXICO: SOCIAL SYSTEM, WAR, TRADE AND JUSTICE 109

VI. MEXICO: CRAFTS, DRESS AND DAILY LIFE 134

VII. MEXICO: ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS AND POTTERY 169

VIII. THE MAYA: HISTORY 199

IX. THE MAYA: RELIGION AND MYTH 218

X. THE MAYA: THE CALENDAR, CALENDRICAL FEASTS AND MINOR
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES 245

XI. THE MAYA: BURIAL, SOCIAL SYSTEM, TRADE AND WAR 275

XII. THE MAYA: DRESS, DAILY LIFE AND CRAFTS 294

XIII. THE MAYA: ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS 319

XIV. CONCLUSIONS 355

APPENDIX I. NAMES OF THE DAYS IN THE MEXICAN
AND MAYAN CALENDARS 372