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236 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 
Prayers, representation of in Tol- 
tecan sculptures, 153. 
Priests, Zapotecan, 145. 
Pre-Archaic Horizon, 63, 
Protohistoric Period, Mayan his- 
tory, 130. 
Pueblo Viejo, 23. 
Pulque, 36. 
Pyramid, Cholula, 156, 158-160; 
Mayan, 69; Monte Alban, 220; 
San Juan Teotihuacan, 155; Tol- 
tecan, 153. 
Quetzalcoatl, 93, 151, 205. 
Quichés, 135. 
Quinatzin, map, 181. 
Quirigua, 15, 67, 124. 
Rank, among the Aztecs, 184. 
Rattles, Aztecan, 214. 
Religion, Aztecan, 201—205; as evi- 
denced by archaic art, 52; Isth- 
mian region, 174; Lacandone 
Indians, 39; Mayan, 91—96, 177; 
Toltecan, 153; Zapotecan, 145. 
River systems, Mexico and Central 
America, 17-18. 
Roman-nosed God, Mayan, 91, 92, 
93. 
Roof comb, on Mayan buildings, 76, 
126. 
Roofs, on Mayan buildings, 72. 
Rooms, Mayan buildings, 72, 73. 
Ruins, Usumacinta Valley, 17-18. 
Sacrifices, Aztecan, to the gods, 177, 
human, 189, 192, 208; human, 
Aztecan, 207, 210, 211; human, 
shown on sculptures, 166; human, 
Toltecan, 151; Zapotecan, 145. 
Sacrificial. yokes, Totonacan, 147— 
149. 
Saltillo blankets, 37. 
San Andres Tuxtla, 137. 
San Blas Indians, 41. 
San Juan Teotihuacan, 155-158. 
San Miguel blankets, 37. 
Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa, 164- 
166. 
Sculptural art, massive, 76-77. 
Sculptures, archaic, 54-56; common 
material for, 19; developments in, 
as a check to chronology, 122; 
Isthmian region, 61, 63, 169, 170; 
Mayan, Middle Period, 131; San 
Juan Teotihuacan, 157; Santa 
Lucia Cozumalhualpa, 164-166; 
sequence in style, 124; style, cor- 
related with dates, 127; Teno- 
chtitlan, 214; at Tula, 158; wall, 
at Copan, 76; Zapotecan, 144. 
Seibal, 67, 88. 
Seri, 34 
Serpent, archaic pottery, 53-54; in 
Chorotegan art, 166-167; con- 
ventional, of the Mayas, 83, 84- 
85; heads, comparison of Mayan 
and Zapotecan, 139; heads, on 
Mayan buildings, 76, 77; influence 
on Mayan art, 89; motive, im- 
portance in Mayan art, 82-85; in 
religion of the Mayas, 89, 91. 
Shield stone, Cuernavaca, 193. 
Slabs, sculptured stone, from Costa 
Rica, 160, 169; Zapotecan, 139. 
Smiling faces, Totonacan, 146-147. 
Social organization, Aztecan, 184- 
187. 
Songs, Aztecan, 212, 213. 
Southern Mexico, culture of, 217- 
220. 
Spear-thrower, Tarascan, 217. 
Speech scroll, 1538, 166. 
Stability, Mayan buildings, 74. 
Stamps, for pottery designs, $1. 
