CHAPTER XL 



THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES (continued}. 



The Central American Civilized Peoples: Nahuatlans and Huaxtecans', l\Iaya- 

 Aztcc Origins and Relations Aztec and Maya Scripts and Calendars 

 Nahuas and Shoshones Chichimec and Aztec Empires Miztecs and 

 Zapotecs Ruins of Mitla Uncultured Mexican Peoples: Otomi ; Seri 

 Cavemen in Yucatan The Maya-Quiches Transitions from North to 

 South America The Cebunys "Early Man in the Bahamas The Luca- 

 yans Chontals, Chocos, and Cunas The South American Aborigines 

 The Catio Savages The Cultural Zone in S. America The Columbian 

 Chibchas Peruvian Culture Empire of the Incas Quechua Race and 

 Language Quechua- Aymara Origins and Cultural Relations The Tia- 

 huanaco Monuments Ckimu Culture Huacas and Pyramids Peruvian 

 Politico-Social System The Araitcanians The Pampas Indians The 

 GauchosPatagonians and Fuegians Patagonians and Bororos : Migra- 

 tions Linguistic Relations South of the Plate River The Yahgans 

 Brazilian Aborigines The Cashibos The Pano Family Ethnical Re- 

 lations in Amazonia The Cariban Family Carib Cradle Arawakan 

 Family Migrations -The Ges (Tapuyari) Family The Botocitdos The 

 Tupi-Guaranian Family Tacunas and Tacanas The Chiquitos 

 Matacos and Tobas Caucasic Type in S. America. 



IN Mexico and Central America interest is centred chiefly 

 in two great ethnical groups the Nahuatlan and 

 Huaxtecan whose cultural, historical, and even a^ central 

 geographical relations are so intimately interwoven American 



Cultures. 



that they can scarcely be treated apart. Thus, 

 although their civilizations are concentrated respectively in the 

 Anahuac (Mexican) plateau and Yucatan and Guatemala, the 

 two domains overlap completely at both ends, so that there 

 are isolated branches of the Huaxtecan family in Mexico (the 

 Huaxtecs (Totonacs) of Vera Cruz, from whom the whole group 



