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 The IMexican chronology, with special reference to the Zapotec calendar, by 



Eduard Seler 11 



Ancient Mexican feather ornaments, by Eduard Seler 57 



Antiquities of Guatemala, by Eduard Seler 75 



Alexander von Humboldt's picture manuscripts in the Royal Library at Berlin, 



by Pxluard Seler 12.1 



The bat god of the Maya race, by Eduard Seler 2:U 



The wall paintings of Mitla, by Eduard Seler 243 



The significance of the Maya calendar for historic chronology, by Eduard Seler. o25 



The temple pyramid of Tepoztlan, by Eduard Seler 339 



The Venus period in the Borgian codex group, by Eduard Seler 353 



Aids to the deciphering of the INIaya manuscripts, by E. Forstemann 393 



Maya chronology, by E. Forstemann 473 



Time periods of the Mayas, by E. Forstemann 49 1 



]\Iaya hieroglyphs, by E. F(')rstemann 499 



The Central American calendar, by V,. Forstemaim 515 



The Pleiades, by E. Forstemann 521 



The Central American tonalamatl, l)y E. Forstemann 525 



Rei'ent Maya investigations, by E. F(")rstemann 535 



The inscription on the Cross of Palenque, by E. Forstemann 545 



The day gods of the Mayas, by E. Forstemann .'i57 



From the Temple of Inscriptions at Palenque, by E. Forstcnuinii 573 



Three inscriptions of Palenque, by E. Forstemann 5S1 



Comparative studies in the field of Maya antiquities, by Paul Schellhas 591 



The independent states of Yucatan, by Carl Sapper (>23 



Two vases from Chama, by E. P. Dieseldorff, Eduard Seler, and E. Forstemann. (535 



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