INDEX 
Copan, 19, 66, 67, 68, 69, 76, 124, 
126. 
Cora, 35. 
Correlations, dates with style of 
carving in Mayan monuments, 
127-128. 
Crocodile motive, in Chorotegan 
art, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172. 
Crops, indigenous and introduced, 
Mexico and Central America, 21; 
principal, Mayan region, 65, 67. 
Cross-section, typical, Mayan tem- 
ple, 73, 74. 
Cult, of the quarters, Aztecan, 207. 
Cults, Aztecan gods, 223. 
Culture, Carib, 39, 41; Chorotegan, 
166-172; Huichol, 36; Lacandone 
Indians, 39; Mayan, 65-135; 
Mosquito Indians, 41; southern 
Mexico, 217-220; Tarascans, 216-— 
217; Toltecs, 150-154, 179; Tot- 
onacan, 145-150; Zapotecan, 
139-145. 
Cycle, defined, 97. 
Dances, hunting, Huichol, 36. 
Dated monuments, 127-128. 
Dates, 101, 127, 182; early Mayan, 
130, 137; Toltecan, 150. 
Day count, Mayan, elements of the, 
97-99. 
Day signs, Aztecan, 191, 199, 200; 
hieroglyphs used on Mayan pot- 
tery, 79; Mayan, 98. 
Death God, 93, 94, 102. 
Decoration, Mayan buildings, 76; 
Mayan pottery, 79; pottery, ar- 
chaic period, 53-54. 
Decorative motives, Chorotegan 
art, 166; distribution of, 223. 
Design, composition and perspect- 
ive, Mayan, 86-89; on Mexican 
231 
blanket, 216; motives, Costa Rica, 
168, 170, 171, 172. 
Designs, on blankets, 37; developed 
in negative painting, 163-164; 
geometric, at Mitla, 222; on 
Mayan pottery, 78, 80, 81; poly- 
chrome pottery, 79; realistic, 
Mayan pottery, 78, 79; textile, 
Mayan, 81; Totonacan sacrificial 
yokes and paddle stones, 149; 
woven, Huichol, 35, 36. 
Donors, collections in Mexican Hall, 
5-6. 
Dresden Codex, 94, 108, 110, 115, 
116, 121, 126. 
Dress, shown in archaic figurines, 
51; Mexico and Central America, 
39; modern Mexican, 37. 
Drums, Aztecan, 214. 
Dyes, 224. 
Early Period, in Mayan history, 130. 
Earrings, archaic figurines, 51-52. 
Economic contributions, of Ameri- 
can Indians, 224. 
Ehecatl, God of Winds, 53, 204. 
Ek Ahau, war god, Mayan, 96. 
Elevations, Mayan buildings, 74-76. 
Environment, Mayan, 137; Mexico 
and Central America, 13-21. 
Ethnology, 34-41, 51-52. 
European contact, history of, 21-31. 
Exploration, of Central America, by 
Spaniards, 21-22. 
Eyes, color and Mongoloid tilt, 42; 
types of, on archaic figurines, 51; 
on Totonacan figurines, 146. 
Face numerals, Mayan inscriptions, 
105. 
Fauna, Mexico and Central Am- 
erica, 19-20. 
