INDEX 
Hikule worship, Huichol and Tara- 
humare, 36. 
History, Aztecan, 181-184; Chichi- 
mecan, 179, 181; of European 
contact, Mexico and Central Am- 
erica, 21-31; Mayan, summary 
of, 130-135; summary in relation 
to archaeological evidences, on 
the archaic horizon, 63-64; Tol- 
teean, 150-152; traditional, south- 
ern Mexico, 217. 
Hochob, 70. 
Horse, introduction of, 59. 
Hotun periods, 127. 
Houses, adobe, Mexican, 15; ar- 
chaic period, 54-56; Mayan, 69. 
Huastecas, 145, 146. 
Huichol, 35, 36. 
Huipili, decorated, 38, 39. 
Huitzilopochth, 189, 194, 203, 210. 
Human, form, carved in stone, ar- 
chaic period, 54; form, in Mayan 
art, 82, 85-86, 124; heads, types 
of, at Yaxchilan, 87. 
Hunting implements, 39, 41. 
Thuicatl, 206. 
Imix, day sign, Mayan, 79; first day 
of the formal tonalamatl, 101. 
Incised designs on pottery, 81. 
Influence, Aztecan, in Central Am- 
erica, 223; Mayas, on other civi- 
lizations, 137; Mexican in north- 
ern Yucatan, 152. 
Initial Series date, Chichen Itza, 
129; Great Period, 132; impor- 
tance in determination of cor- 
relations, 127; Transition Period, 
132. 
Initial Series dates, 109, 111, 127, 
128. 
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Inscriptions, hieroglyphic, 94; hiero- 
glyphic, on Mayan monuments, 
112, 127; Mayan, 113; Mayan, 
face numerals on, 105; Mayan, 
Great Period, 131; on Mayan 
monuments, 127-128; typical 
Mayan, 106. 
Invention, of agriculture, in 
New World, 46, 49. 
Irrigation, in the New World, 47, 56. 
Itzamna, 92, 96, 102. 
Ixchel, Goddess of the Rainbow, 96. 
Ixchelbelyax, Mayan god, 96. 
Ixtubtun, Mayan god, 96. 
the 
Jade, carving of, Mayan, 81; Zapo- 
tecan, 143, 144; workin, Aztec, 
215. 
Jaguar design, 167, 168. 
Kan, day sign, Mayan, 79; maize 
sign, 121. 
Katun, 128, 129. 
Kukulean, 93. 
Lacandone Indians, 39, 135. 
Lakes, Mexico and Central America, 
17, 18-19. 
Land laws, Aztecan, 186. 
Language, Totonacan, 45. 
Languages, Central America, 212; 
Mexico and Central America, 31- 
34. 
La Quemada, 159, 160-161. 
League, Aztecan, 184; of Mayapan, 
132-133. 
Leiden Plate, 130. 
Lienzo of Amoltepec, 217-218. 
Linguistic stocks, Mexico and Cen- 
tral America, 31-34. 
Long-nosed God, Mayan, 91, 93, 
143, 205. 
