INDEX 
Acropolis, artificial, 68, 69. 
Adobe, 56; houses, Mexican, 15. 
Agriculture, connection with archaic 
art, 223; distribution of, 59, 60; 
influence on Mayan culture, 65; 
invention of, 46-49; spread and 
development of, 56, 59. 
Ahpuch, Lord of Death, 95-94. 
Alligator ware, 62. 
Alphabet, of Landa, 112. 
Altars, Mayan, 77; Quirigua, 124. 
Amulets, gold, 174. 
Animals, domestication of, 52-53, 
224. 
Anna's of Quauhtitlan, 150, 179, 182. 
Arch, in Mayan architecture, 72, 73. 
Archaic, art, 52-53, 216; art, on 
borders of Mayan area, 67; art, 
local developments of, 59-63; art, 
wide distribution of, 223; culture, 
164; culture, distribution of, 58; 
culture, frontier cities of the 
Northwest, 164; figurines, 48-51; 
horizon, 43-64; horizon, exten- 
sions of, 56-59; pottery, 53-54; 
stone sculptures, 54-56. 
Architecture, brilliant period of the 
Mayas, 131; historical sequence 
determined by, 126; Mayan, 67- 
76; Mitla, 220; period of League 
of Mayapan, 132-133; Transition 
Period, Mayan, 132; types, La 
Quemada, 161. 
Aristocracies, among the Aztecs, 185. 
Art, archaic, 43, 52-53, 67, 216; ar- 
chaic, characterization of, 49; 
archaic, distribution of, 223; ar- 
chaic, local developments of, 59- 
63; Chorotegan, 166-167; deco- 
rative Isthmian region, 61; high 
development of Mayan, 65; mas- 
sive sculptural, 76-77; Mayan, 
130, 131, 132, 133, 134; Mayan, 
historical development of, 124— 
127; Mayan, serpent in, 82-85; 
Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa, 164; 
sequence in, 124; Tarascan, 43; 
Toltecan, influenced by Mayan, 
153; Totonacan, close  corres- 
pondence to Mayan, 146, 149; 
Zapotecan, influenced by Mayan, 
139. 
Arts, minor, Aztecan, 214-216. 
Astronomy, Mayan knowledge of, 
65; 97, 122. 
Atlatl, 52, 217. 
Atzcapotzalco, 181, 184; stratifica- 
tion at, 44-45, 153. 
Aztecan history, 181-184. 
Aztecs, 177-224; and Mayas, com- 
pared to Greeks and Romans, 
177-179. 
Bar and dot numerals, 103, 115, 141. 
Basketry, Mayan, 81. 
Bats, represented in ancient art, 20. 
Bells, Aztecan, 214; copper, 164; 
copper and gold, 174. 
Ben, Mayan day sign, 79. 
Blankets, Mexican, 37. 
Brilliant Period, Mayan civilization, 
67, 131 
Buildings, Mayan, 69. 
Caban, Mayan day sign, 79. 
Cakchiquels, 135, 186. 
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