INDEX 



283 



QUEN Santo (city)— Page 



history 231 



Stela 1, taterpretation 199-201 



Stela 2, interpretation 201-203 



QuiRiGUA (city)— 



Altar M, interpretation 240-242 



five-tun period used at 165-166 



founding of, possible date 221-222 



monuments 192 



Stela A, interpretation 179-180 



Stela C , interpretation. 173-175, 179, 203-204, 226 



Supplementary Series, absence 175 



Stela D, interpretation 239 



Stela E, error in 247-248 



interpretation 235-240 



Stela F, interpretation 218-222, 239-240 



plates sliowing 218, 220 



Stela H, interpretation 192-194 



Stela I, interpretation 164-166 



Stela J, interpretation 215-218, 239-240 



Stela K, interpretation 213-215 



Zoomorph G, interpretation 186-187, 



229-230, 239-240 

 Zoomorph P, interpretation 157-162 



Beading, order of 23, 



129,133,135,138,156,170,268 



Religion, nature 16-21 



Renaissance, commencement 4 



Rochefoucauld, F. A. de la, alphabet de- 

 vised by 27 



Roman system of numbers, parallel 87 



RosNY, Leon de, cited 27 



RULEESHIP— 



nature 12-13 



succession 13-14 



Scarification, practice 7 



ScHELLHAS, Dr. PAUL, investigations 265 



Sculpture, development 2-3 



Secondary-series dating— 



examples, interpretation 207-222, 233-240 



plates showing. 207, 210, 213, 218, 220, 233, 235 



explanation 74-76, 207 



irregular forms 236 



order of reading 129, 137-138, 208 



reference to Initial Series 209-211, 217-218 



starting pomt . . 76, 135-136, 208-210, 218, 240-245 



determination 240-245 



Seibal (city)— 



antiquity 15 



Stela 11, interpretation 230-231 



Seler, Dr. Eduard— 



cited 2, 43, 199 



on Aztec calendar 58 



on hieroglyphics 30 



Serpent numbers— 



interpretation 273-275 



nature 273 



range 32, 273 



Slaves, barter in 9 



Southern Maya. See Maya, southern. 



Spanish conquest, influence t>-7 



Spectacle glyph, function 94 



Spinden, Dt. H. J.— 



cited 187 



works 4 



Stel^— Page 



character 22 



dates 33, 83-84 



inscriptions on 22, 33-35 



See also Monuments, and names of cities. 



Stones, inscriptions on 22 



SuPERFix, efiect 120-122 



Supplementary Series— 



closing sign 152-153, 170 



explanation 152, 161 



lack of, examples 163-164, 175 



position 152, 238 



Symmetry in glyphs, modifications due to.. 23-24, 

 88-91,128 



Terminal dates— 



determination 138-151 



importance as check on calculations.. . 154-155 

 position 151-154 



Textbooks, need for vii 



Thirteen— 



glyphs 96, 205 



numbers above, expression 96, 101, 111-112 



Thomas, Dr. Cyrus— 



cited 31 



on Maya alphabet 27 



Thompson, E. H., investigations 11 



Tikal (city)— 



Altar 5, interpretation 242-245 



antiquity 127 



history 15 



Stela 3, importance 179 



interpretation 178-179 



Stela 5, interpretation 226 



Stela 10, interpretation 114^127 



Stela 16, association with Altar 5 244 



interpretation 224, 244 



Time— 



counting backward 146-147 



counting forward 138-146 



glyphs for, only ones deciphered 26, 31 



lapse of, determination 134-155 



expression 63-t;4, 105-107 



indicated by black glyphs 251 



marked by monuments 33-35, 249-250 



method of describing 46-18 



recording 33-36 



use of numbers 134 



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



See also Chronology. 



Time-marking stones. See Monuments. 



Time periods— 



full-figure glyphs 67-68, 188-191 



plate showing 188 



head- variant glyphs 67-74 



plates showing 167, 170, 176, 178, 179, 180 



length 62 



normal glyphs 67-74 



plate showing 157 



omission of 128 



reduction to days 134-135 



See also Cycle; Great Cycle; Haab: Ka- 

 tun; Tonalamatl; Tun; Uinal. 



Tonalamatl (time period)— 



graphic representation 93 



interpretation 254-266 



