Chapter III: Appendix: II. Names of the Months in the Mexican

AND MAYAN CALENDARS 373

INDEX 375

ILLUSTRATIONS

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I. Mexico: Human Skull, incrusted with mosaic,
representing Tezcatlipoca _Frontispiece_

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II. Mexico: Colossal Stone Head of Coyolxauhqui
Stone Figure of Chalchiuhtlicue 22

III. Mexico: Colossal Stone Figure of Coatlicue 30

IV. Mexico: Stone Mask representing Xipe 38

V. Mexico: Stone Figure of Xochipilli 42
Stone with Figure of a Xiuhcoatl 42

VI. Mexico: Sculptured Stone Vase 50
Stone Figure of Quetzalcoatl 50

VII. Mexico: Stone Quauhxicalli 66
Stone Quauhxicalli in the form of an Ocelot 66

VIII. Mexico: The “Calendar Stone” 74
Stone Figure of an Octli God 74

IX. Mexico: Objects in Pottery 82
Maya: Pottery Figurines from Graves 82

X. Huaxtec: Stone Figure and Chest 108
Maya: Pottery Censer 108

XI. Mexico: Stone Rattle-snake and Jadeite Head 140
Maya: Jadeite Reliefs 140
Mixtec: Jadeite Relief 140
Zapotec: Gold Lip-pendant 140

XII. Mexico: Mounds at San Juan Teotihuacan 170

XIII. Mexico: Temple at Xochicalco, Present Condition
and Restoration 172

XIV. Zapotec: Interior of Chamber at Mitla 174
Mexico: Temple at Tepoztlan 174

XV. Zapotec: Ruins at Mitla, partly restored 178

XVI. Totonac: Temple at Papantla 182

XVII. Mexico: Spear-thrower, _atlatl_ 188
Tarascan: Pottery from Guadalajara 188
Zapotec: Funerary Vases 188

XVIII. Mexico: Stone Sacrificial Knife 194
Totonac: Pottery from the Id. of Sacrificios 194

XIX. Totonac: Pottery from the Id. of Sacrificios 198

XX. Maya: Stela 14, Piedras Negras 226

XXI. Maya: Stela H, Copan 236

XXII. Maya: Stone Lintel, Menché 294

XXIII. Maya: Stela 24, Naranjo 302

XXV. Maya: Building at Sayil 332
Temple at Tikal 332

XXVI. Maya: Sculptured Monolith P., Quirigua 338
Plan of Ruins at Copan 338

XXVII. Maya: Ruins at Palenque 342

XXVIII. Maya: Temple of the Ball-court, and “Castillo,”
Chichen Itza 348

XXIX. Maya: Restoration of Ball-court Temple 350
Building of the “Monjas” Group 350

XXX. Maya: The “House of the Governor,” Uxmal 358

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XXIV. Maya: Design on a Pottery Vase 310

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1. Map of the Valley of Mexico 13

2. The Aztec migration (Boturini MS.) 15

3. Various Mexican deities, from MSS. 34

4. Various Mexican deities, from MSS. 35

5. Mexican methods of sacrifice (Zouche MS.) 41

6. The moon (Borgia MS.) 52

7. Mexican day-signs (Fejérváry-Mayer MS.) 60

8. Key to the Mexican Calendar Stone 74

9. Mexican priests making fire (Zouche MS.) 75

10. Tree of the West (Borgia MS.) 79

11. Stone relief from Huilocintla 83

12. Detail from the Telleriano-Remensis MS. 87

13. Plan of the palace at Tezcoco 89

14. Mexican mummies prepared for burial 104

15. Stone relief from Tlacolula 106

16. Stone relief from Guerrero 107

17. Mexican warriors (Mendoza MS.) 113

18. Articles of tribute (Mendoza MS.) 118

19. Mexican stone and obsidian implements 135

20. Mexican stone axes 137

21. Totonac stone “yoke” 139

22. Mixtec stone figurines 140

23. Mexican artisans (Mendoza MS.) 143

24. Gold finger-ring 145

25. Mexican feather-work mantle 146

26. Spindle-whorls, Id. of Sacrificios 147

27. Mexican wood-carver and weaver (Mendoza MS.) 148

28. Mexican pottery stamps 150

29. The education of Mexican children (Mendoza MS.) 161

30. _Tlaxtli_-court (Bodleian MS.) 165

31. Mexican _teponaztli_ (wooden gong) 167

32. Plans of remains at Quiengola 175

33. Slab from Xochicalco: beaker and stone head from Oaxaca 176

34. Plan of one of the courts at Mitla 177

35. Portion of fresco at Mitla 179

36. Pottery forms 185

37. Painted designs on pottery 186

38. Pottery vase from Teotihuacan 187

39. Vase in Tlaxcalan or Cholulan style 190

40. Pottery vase from Tlaxcala 191

41. Design on a vase from Cuicatlan 192

42. Pottery vase from Tanquian 196

43. Pottery vase from the Panuco River 197

44. Pottery vase from Tampico 198

45. Linguistic Map of Maya tribes 201

46. Various Maya deities (Dresden MS.) 222

47. Various Maya deities (Dresden MS.) 223

48. Carved wooden lintel from Tikal 225

49. Relief, Temple of the Foliated Cross, Palenque 230

50. The “two-headed monster,” Copan 233

51. Detail from relief, Temple of the Cross, Palenque 235

52. Maya ceremonial axes, from the monuments 237

53. Maya day-signs; monuments and MSS. 247

54. Maya month-signs; monuments and MSS. 250

55. Maya period-signs; monuments 251

56. Maya date-inscriptions; monuments 253

57. Maya world-direction and colour signs 256

58. Maya new-year ceremonies (Dresden MS.) 264

59. Maya new-year ceremonies (Troano-Cortesianus MS.) 265

60. Detail from relief at Chichen Itza 289

61. Man in ceremonial costume, Palenque 297

62. Maya methods of hunting (Troano-Cortesianus MS.) 299

63. Maya priests with musical instruments (Dresden MS.) 301

64. Objects of flaked stone, British Honduras 305

65. Stone mask; British Honduras 306

66. Maya weavers (Troano-Cortesianus MS.) 307

67. Bat-design, from a vase; Uloa Valley 311

68. Pottery vase from Chama 312

69. Pottery vase from Ococingo 312

70. Pottery vase from Coban 313

71. Pottery censer from Nebaj 314

72. Pottery head from Nebaj 316

73. Examples of Maya terraces and pyramids 321

74. Section of typical Yucatec building 323

75. Examples of Maya buildings 325

76. Ground-plans and elevations of Maya temples 327

77. Section through the Temple of the Cross, Palenque 329

78. Plans of building at Santa Rosa Xlabpak 330

79. Detail of fresco at Santa Rita 335

80. Details of frescoes at Santa Rita and Mitla 336

81. Stone altar at Copan 339

82. Relief, Temple of the Sun, Palenque 344

83. The “Monjas,” Chichen Itza 347

84. Caryatid figure, Chichen Itza 348

85. Stone gargoyle, Copan 353

86. Details from various monuments, showing the interlaced
head-ornament 357

87. Stone relief at Chichen Itza 367

MAPS

Map of the Valley of Mexico (Fig. 1) 13

Linguistic Map of Maya Tribes (Fig. 45) 201

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