280 



COPAN (city)— Page 



Altar Q. error on 246,248 



Altar S, interpretation 231-233 



Altar Z, interpretation 242 



history 15 



Stela A, interpretation 169-170 



Stela B, interpretation 167-169 



Stela D, interpretation 188-191 



Stela J, interpretation 191-192 



Stela M, interpretation 175-176 



Stela N, error on 248-249 



interpretation 114-118,248-249 



Stela P, interpretation 185 



Stela 2, interpretation. ., 223 



Stela 4, interpretation 224-225 



Stela 6, interpretation 170-171 



Stela 8, interpretation 229 



Stela 9, antiquity 173 



interpretation 171-173 



Stela 15, interpretation 187-188 



Cresson, H. T., cited 27 



Customs. See Manners and customs. 



Cycle— 



glyphs .-. . 68 



length 62, 135 



number of, in great cyole 107-114 



numbering of, in inscriptions 108, 227-233 



Cycle S, dates 194-198, 228-229 



Cycle 9— 



dates 172,183,185,187,194,222 



prevalence in Maya dating 194 



Cycle 10, dates 199-203, 229-233 



Cycle, Great— 



length 135, 162 



number of cycles in 107-114 



Cycles, Great, Great, and Higher— 



discussion 114-129 



glyphs 118 



omitted in dating 126 



Dates— 



abbreviation 222,252 



errors in computing 154-155 



errors in originals 245-250, 270-271, 274 



interpretation, in Initial Series. 157-222, 233-245 



in Period Endings 222-245 



in Secondary Series 207-222, 233-245 



monuments erected to mark 33-35, 249-250 



of same name, distinction between 147-151 



repetition 147 



shown by red glyphs in codices 2.51 



Dates, iNiTLAL. See Initial-series dating. 



Dates, Initial and Secondary, mterpreta- 



t ion 207-222 



Dates, Initial, Secondary, and Period- 

 ending, interpretation 233-245 



Dates, Period-ending. See Period-ending 



DATES. 



Dates, Prophetic— 



examples 229-233 



use 271-272 



Dates, Secondary. See Secondary-series 



DATING. 



Dates, Terminal— 



absence 218 



finding 138-154 



importance •- 154-155 



position 151-154 



Dating — Page 



methods 46-47, 63-86 



change 4 



See also Calendar-round dating; 

 Initial-series; Period-ending; 

 Secondary-series. 



starting point 60-62, 113-114, 124-125 



determination 135-136 



Day— 



first of year 52-53 



glyphs 38, 39, 72,76 



coefficients 41-43, 47-48 



position 127-128 



omission 127-128, 208 



identification 41-13, 46-48 



names 37-41, 112 



numbers 111-112 



position in solar year 52-^8 



round of 42-44 



Days, Intekcal.vry, lack ot 45 



Days, unlucky, dates 45-46 



Death, fear of 11, 17 



Death Goo- 

 glyph 17, 257 



nature 17 



Decimal system, parallel 129 



See also Vigesimal system. 

 Destruction of the World, description ... 32 



Dr'ination, codices used for 31 



Divorce, practice 9 



Dot, numerical value 87-88 



Dot and bar numbers. See B\b, and dot 



numbers. 

 Dresden codex— 



date 271-273 



publication iii 



texts 254-262, 266-278 



plates showing 32, 254, 260, 266, 273 



Drunkenness, prevlaence 10 



Ek Ahau (god), nature 17-18 



Ending signs— 



in Period-ending dates 102 



in "zero" 101-102 



Enumeration— 



systems 87-134 



comparison 133 



See also Numerals. 



Errors in texts— 



examples 245-250, 270-271, 274 



plate showmg 248 



Feathered Serpent (god), nature 16-17 



Fiber-paper books. See Codices. 



Fish, used in introducing glyph 65-66, 188 



FrvE-TUN period. See Hotun. 



F6RSTEMANN, Prof. ERNST— 



cited 26, 137 



investigations iii, 265, 276 



methods of solving numerals 134 



on hieroglyphics 30 



on prophetic dates 272 



Full-figure glyphs— 



nature 67-68, 188-191 



plate showing 188 



See also Time periods. 



Funeral customs, description 11-12 



Future life, belief as to 19 



