CONTENTS 
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INTRODUCTION... ... : ie 13 
Geography and Natural Environment. History of European Contact. 
Languages. Ethnology. Physical Types. 
CHAPTER I 
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Stratification of Remains. Invention of Agriculture. Archaic Figur- 
ines. Ancient Customs. Archaic Pottery. Stone Sculptures of the 
Archaic Period. Extensions of the Archaic Horizon. Local Develor- 
ments of Archaic Art. Summary. 
CHAPTER II 
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Architecture. Massive Sculptural Art. Minor Arts. The Serpent in 
Mayan Art. The Human Figure. Design Composition and Per- 
spective. The Mayan Pantheon. The Mayan Time Counts. Ele- 
ments of the Day Count. The Conventional Year. The Calendar 
Round. Mayan Numbers. The True Year. The Lunar Calendar. 
The Venus Calendar. Hieroglyphs. Codices. Bases of Mayan Chro- 
nology. Historical Development of Art. Dated Monuments. Books 
of Chilan Balam. Correlation with Christian Chronology. Summary 
of Mayan History. 
CHAPTER III 
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Zapotecan Culture. Totonacan Culture. The Toltecs. Xochicalco. 
San Juan Teotihuacan. Tula. Cholula. The Frontier Cities of the 
Northwest. Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa. The Chorotegan Culture. 
Isthmian Gold Work. 
CHAPTER IV 
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Mayas and Aztecs compared to Greeks and Romans. The Chichimecas. 
Aztecan History. Social Organization. The Tecpan or Temple Enclo- 
sure. The Calendar Stone. Stone of Tizoc. Coatlicue. Mexican 
Writing. Aztecan Religion. Conceptions of the Universe. Cere- 
monies. Poetry and Music. Minor Aztecan Arts. The Tarascans. 
Southern Mexico. Mitla. Aztecan Influence in Central America. 
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