234 
Lunar, calendar, Mayan, 97, 107- 
109; period, in Mayan calendar, 
107, 108. 
Macuilxochitl, God Five Flower, 
221. 
Manikin Scepter, 86, 91, 93. 
Maize God, Mayan, 92, 94-96, 119, 
121. 
Maize, distribution of use, 47; most 
important food of the New World, 
46-47; staple, in- Mayan region, 
65, 67. 
Manioc, cultivation of, 47; use and 
preparation by Carib, 37, 39, 41. 
Marimba, 214. 
Mask panels, on Mayan structures, 
76-77, 133. 
Mayan, civilization, 65-135; lin- 
guistic stock, distribution of, 32- 
34. 
Mayas, and Aztecs, compared to 
Greeks and Romans, 177-179. 
Mazatecas, 186. 
Medicines, 224. 
Metal, ornaments made of, Mayas, 
81; Zapotecan, 143. 
Metates, 
168-170. 
Mexican Hall, American Museum, 
5-6. 
Mexican influence, period of, in 
Mayan history, 133-1534. 
Mictlan, 206, 207, 220. 
Mictlanteuctli, 206. 
Middle Period, in Mayan history, 
131. 
Migrations, Aztecan, 181-182. 
Mitla, 19, 143, 220-223. 
Mixtecas, 186. 
elaborately sculptured, 
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 
Modeling, archaic figurines, 50; clay, 
San Juan Teotihuacan, 157. 
Modern Period, Mayan history, 
134-135. 
Mogotes, Zapotecan burial mounds, 
143. 
Monkey, in Chorotegan art, 166-— 
167. 
Monte Alban, 138, 139, 141. 
Month, Mayan, twenty day signs 
of, 98; signs, of Mayan Year, 100. 
Months, Aztecan, 201; Mayan, 
length of, 97; Mayan, names of, 
99. 
Monument, earliest dated, 130. 
Monuments, Mayan, dated, 127-— 
128; sequence of Mayan deter- 
mined by style of sculpture, 124. 
Moon, representations of the, 10S. 
Mosaic, feather, Aztecan, 216; fea- 
ther, Tarascan, 217; masks and 
ceremonial objects, 81. 
Mosquito Indians, 41. 
Mound, artificial, at Copan, 69; 
pyramidal developed at end of 
archaic period, 54, 56. 
Mounds, at Atzcapotzaleo, 44; 
foundation for temples, 69; Tar- 
ascan, 216. 
Mountains, Mexico and Central 
America, 14-16. 
Music, Aztecan, 212-214. 
Musical instruments, Aztecan, 213- 
214. 
Mythology, Aztecan, 181, 19], 201, 
203; Mayan and Aztecan, 205. 
Myths, cosmogonic, 205. 
Nahuan, linguistic stock, distribu- 
tion of, 32-33; tribes, led in de- 
velopment of archaic art, 43. 
