CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface 5 



Introduction 13 



Geography and Natural Environment. History of European Contact. 

 Languages. Ethnology. Physical Types. 



CHAPTER I 



The Archaic Horizon 43 



Stratification of Remains. The Cemetery under the Lava. Invention 

 of Agriculture Archaic Figurines. Ancient Customs. Archaic Pot- 

 tery. Stone Sculptures of the Archaic Period. Extensions of the 



Archaic Horizon. Local Developments of Archaic Art . Summary. 



CHAPTER II 

 The Mayan ( 'iyilizatiox 67 



Architecture. Massive Sculptural Art. Minor Arts. The Serpent in 

 Mayan Art. The Human Figure. Design, Composition and Per- 

 spective. The Mayan Pantheon. The Mayan Time Counts. Ele- 

 ments of the Day Count. The Conventional Year. The Calendar 

 Round. Mayan Numbers. The True Year. The Long Count. The 

 Lunar Calendar. The Venus Calendar. Hieroglyphs. Codices. Bases 

 of Mayan Chronology. Historical Development of Art. Dated Monu- 

 ments. Books of Chilam Balam. Correlation with Christian Chron- 

 ology. Summary of Mayan History. 



CHAPTER III 



The Middle Civilizations 139 



Zapotecau Culture. Mitla. Totonaean Culture. The Toltecs. Xochi- 

 calco. San Juan Teotihuacan. Tula. Cholula. The Frontier Cities of the 

 Northwest. Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa. The Chorotegan Culture. 

 Isthmian Gold Work. 



CHAPTER IV 



The Aztecs 181 



Mayas and Aztecs compared to Greeks and Romans. The Chichimecas. 

 Aztecan History. Social Organization. The Tecpan or Temple Enclo- 

 sure. The Calendar Stone. Stone of Tizoc. Coatlicue. Mexican 

 Writing. Aztecan Religion. Conceptions of the Universe. Cere- 

 monies. Poetry and Music. Minor Aztecan Arts. The Tarascan- 

 Southern Mexico. Aztecan Influence in Central America. 



A CBO88-SECTION <>v New Would History 226 



Bibliography 220 



Index 2-v.\ 





