Naranjo, 67, 124, 131. 
Negative painting, 162-164. 
Nezahualcoyotl, 212. 
Nose, Indians of Mexico and Cen- 
tral America, 52. 
Noserings, on archaic figurines, 51— 
52. 
Notation system, Mayan, 97, 103- 
104. 
Numbers, Aztecan, 200; Mayan, 
103-104; Mexican system of, 201. 
Numerals, Zapotecan system of, 
141. 
Ochpaniztli, eleventh feast of the 
year, 209. 
Old Man God, Mayan, 79. 
Olin, Aztecan day sign, 191, 192. 
Olmecs, 150. 
Ometeuctli, 203, 206. 
Organization, political, Mayan, 177; 
social, Aztecan,’ 184. 
Ornaments, of semi-precious stones, 
Aztecan, 215; shown on archaic 
figurines, 51-52. 
Otomis, 179. 
Pachtli, twelfth month, Aztecan, 
210. 
Paddle-shaped stones, Totonacan, 
149. 
Painting, archaic figurines, 50, 61- 
62; body, shown in archaic figu- 
rines, 52; on Mayan pottery, 61; 
on pottery, 167; Zapotecan pot- 
tery, 145. 
Palaces, structure of Mayan, 69. 
Palenque, 67, 76. 
Palmate stone, 148. 
Pantheon, Mayan, 89-96. 
Papantla, 149. 
Peregrinations, Aztecan, 182. 
INDEX 235 
Peresianus Codex, 115. 
Period, defined, in Mayan time 
count, 97; glyphs, Mayan, 103, 
105. 
Permutation system, Mayan, 97- 
99, 
Perspective, in Mayan design, 86—- 
89. 
Peyote worship, Huichol and Tara- 
humare, 36. 
Phonetic use of signs, Mayan hiero- 
glyphs, 112, 114. 
Physical types, 40, 41-42. 
Pictographie hieroglyphs, Mayan, 
112-113. 
Piedras Negras, 67, 90, 124,125,131. 
Pima, 34. 
Pipiles, 164. 
Place Names, Aztecan, 198. 
Plants, food, cultivation of, in the 
New World, 47, 224. 
Poetry, Aztecan, 212-214. 
Polychrome pottery, Cholula, 160; 
Mayan, 79. 
Portraiture, in archaic art, 48; in 
Mayan art, 86, 128. 
Post Archaic Horizon, 64. 
Potato, cultivated in Peru, 47. 
Pottery, archaic, 53-54, 131, 146. 
Pottery, archaic, 53, 54, 131, 146; 
Aztecan, 214-215; at Atzcapotz- 
alco, 44; from Cholula, 159, 160; 
Chorotegan, 167; cloisonné, San 
Juan Teotihuacan, 158; distribu- 
tion of, 56, 59; Isthmian, 61, 62; 
Mayan, 77-81; Mitla, 222; mod- 
ern Mexican, 37; vorthwestern 
region of Mexico, 161-162; poly- 
chrome, Mayan, 79; San Juan 
Teotihuacan, 157; with semi- 
glaze, 166; Zapotecan, 139, 143. 
Pouches, Valiente Indians, 38. 
