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must be one of the numerals to 19, inclusive, since it is not one of 

 the nLunerals 1 to 19, mclusive, it is clear that it must be a new form 

 for 0. The sign to 'which it is attached bears no resemblance to either 

 the normal form for the uinal or the head variant ; but since it occu- 

 pies the 4th position after the introducing glyph, B4, we are justified 

 in assuming that uinals are recorded here. Beyond this we can 

 not proceed with certainty, though the values for the missing parts 



Fig. 76. The Cycle-10 Initial Series from Quen Santo (from drawings): A , Stela 1; B, Stela 2. There is 

 less than a year's diSerence in time between the Chichen Itza Initial Series and the Initial Series in B. 



suggested below are probably those recorded on the lost fragments 

 of the monument. As recorded in A3-B4 this number reads 

 10.2.5.0. ?. Now, if we assume that the missing term is filled -wHth 0, 

 we shall have recorded the end of an even hotun in the Long Count, 

 and this monmnent becomes a regular hotmi-markor. That this 

 monument was a hotun-marker is corroborated by the fact that Stela 

 2 from Quen Santo very clearly records the close of the hotun next 

 after 10.2.5.0.0, which the writer beheves this monument marks. For 



