CENTRAL AMERICAN HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING. 



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remains that tliere is a connection between date glyphs that stand some 

 distance apart. 



It has been stated above that the Maya writing- included two types 

 of numeral characters. One of these, consisting of dots and short 

 lines and the use of position, has been explained. The other type con- 

 sisted of face characters, some of which are shown in fig. 6. In order 



!^vmb(il of fifth onler of units (cvcli'l. 



Symbol of calendar rounds. 

 Fi(i. 6. — Face characters representing numbers. 



to show how these are used, attention is called to fig. 7, which repre- 

 sents part of the inscription on the east side of Stela (or statue) F, at 

 Quirigua, Guatemala, as designated by Mr. Maudslay, from whose 

 great work (Biologia Centrali- Americana, "Archseology "), part xii, 

 pi. 40, our figure is taken. 



