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INDEX 



ToNALAMATL (time period)— Continued. Page 



natme 41-44, 205 



relation to zero sign 93-94 



starting point 252-253 



subdivisions 44 



texts recording 251-266 



essential parts of 205 



use of glj-ph for "20" with. . 92, 130,254,260,263 



used in codices 251-266 



plates showing 254, 200, 262, 263 



used in divination 251 



wheel of days 43 



See also Year, sacred. 



Translation of glyphs— 



errors 154-155 



methods 134-155 



progress 250 



Tun (time period)— 



gljTh 70 



length 02,135 



use of, in Period-ending dates 225-226 



TuXTLA Statuette, interpretation.... 179,194-196 



Twenty— 



glj-phs 91-92,130 



■ need for, in codices 92, 130 



Heedlessness of, in inscriptions 92 



use of in 254. 260, 263 



Uinal— 



days 42 



first day 53 



glyph 94 



glyph 70-71 



length 45. 62, 135 



list 45 



names and glyphs for 4S-51 



I' Kahlay K.\.tunob dating— 



accuracy 82 



antiquity 82-85 



explanation 79-86 



katun sequence 80-82 



U Kahlay Katunob dating— Continued. Page 



order of reading 137 



replacement of Initial-series dating by . . . <S4-86 



UxMAL (city), founding 4 



Venus-Solar period— 



divisions 31-32 



relation to tonalamatl 32, 277-278 



Vigesimal numeration— 



discovery iii 



explanation 62-63, 105-134 



possible origin 41 



used in codices 266-273 



Villagutiere, S. J., on Maya records 36 



War God, nature 17 



Weapons, character 10-11 



World, destruction, prophecy 32 



World epoch, glyph 125-127 



Worship, practices 19-20 



Writing. See Hieroglyphics; Numerals; 

 Reading. 



Xaman Ek (god), natm-e 18 



Yaxchilan (city)— 



lintel, error in 245-246 



Lintel 21, interpretation 207-210 



Stela 11 , interpretation 176-177 



Structure 44, interpretation 177-178 



Year, Sacred, use in divination 251 



See also Tonalamatl. 



Year, Solar. See Haab. 



Yucatan— 



colonization 3-4 



Spanish conquest 6-7 



water supply 1 



Yum Kaax (god), nature 18 



Zero— 



glyphs 92-95, 101-102 



origin 93-94 



variants 93 



o 



