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the latest of the great southern sites. ^ This is figured in phite 22, D. 

 Glyphs 1 and 2 show very clearly the date 7 Ahau 18 Zip, and glyph 

 3 declares this to be" at the end of Cycle 10." ^ Compare the ending- 

 sign superfix in glyph 3 with figure 37, a-7i. This glyph is followed 

 by 1 katun in 4, which in turn is followed by the date 5 Ahau 3 Kayab 

 in 5 and 6. Finally, glyph 7 declares "The end of Katun 1." Count- 

 ing forward 1 katun from 10.0.0.0.0 7 Ahau 18 Zip, the date reached 

 will be 5 Ahau 3 Kayab, as recorded by 5 and 6, and the Initial Series 

 corresponding to this date will be 10.1.0.0.0 5 Ahau 3 Kayab, as 

 declared by glyph 7. See below: 



10.0.0.0.0 7 Ahau 18 Zip 



1.0.0.0 

 10.1.0.0.0 5 Ahau 3 Kayab 

 End of Katun 1. 



This latter date is found also on Stelte 8, 9, and 10, at the same 

 city. 



Another Cycle-10 ending date which was probably " prophetic", like 

 the one on Zoomorph G at Quirigua, is figured on Altar S at Copan 

 (see fig. 81). In the first glyph on the left appears an Initial-series 

 introducing glyph ; this is followed in glyphs 1-3 by the Initial- 

 series number 9.15.0.0.0, which the student will find leads to the 

 terminal date 4 Ahau 13 Yax recorded in glyph 4. This whole 

 Initial Series reads, therefore, 9.15.0.0.0 4 Ahau 13 Yax. In glyph 

 6a is recorded 5 katuns and in glyph 7 the date 7 Ahau 18 Zip, in 

 other words, a Secondary Series.^ Reducing the number in glyph 

 6a to units of the first order, we have: 



6a = 5 X 7, 200 = 36, 000 



fox 360= 



Not recorded Ox 20 = 



ox 1= 



36. 000 



Counting this number forward from the date 4 Ahau 13 Yax, the 

 terminal date reached will be found to agree with the date recorded 

 in glyph 7, 7 Ahau 18 Zip. But turning to our text again, we find 

 that this date is declared by glyph 8a to be at the end of Cycle 10. 

 Compare the ending sign, which appears as the superfix in glyph Sa, 

 with figure 37, a-h. Therefore the Secondary-series date 7 Ahau 18 



1 The dates 10.2.5.0.0 9 Ahau 18 Yax and 10.2.10.0.0 2 Ahau 13 Chen on Stelae 1 and 2, respectively, at 

 Quen Santo, are purposely excluded from this statement. Quen Santo is in the highlands of Guatemala 

 (see pi. 1) and is well to the south of the Usamacintla region. It rose to prominence probably after the 

 collapse of the great southern cities and is to be considered as inaugurating a new order of things, if not 



•indeed a new civilization. 



2 See Maler, 1908 a : iv, No. 1, pi. 9, glyphs E2, F2, A3, and A4. 



3 The student wiU note that the lower periods (the tun, uinal, and kin signs) are omitted and consequently 

 are to be considered as having the coefficient 0. 



