INDEX 



Acropolis, artificial, 68, 70. 



Adobe, 57; bouses, Mexican, 15. 



Agriculture, connection with archaic 

 art, 226; distribution of, 59, 60; 

 distribution in the Nev» World, 

 62; influence on .Mayan culture, 

 67; invention of, 17 4!>: spread 

 and development of, 59, 62. 



Ahpuch, Lord of Death, 94, 96. 



Alligator ware 64. 



Alphabet, of Landa, 113. 



Altar-. Mayan, 78; Quirigua, 127. 



Amulet-, archaic figurines as, 54; 

 gold, 179. 



Animals, domestication of, -*)4. 228. 



Annals of Quauhtitlan, 154, 183, 185. 



Arch, in Mayan architecture, 71, 74. 



Archaic, art, 51-53, 54, 220-221; art, 

 on borders of Mayan area, 69; 

 art. local developments of, 60 

 o4: culture, lti'i: culture, distri- 

 bution of, 59, 61 : culture, figures, 

 57; figurines, 51-53; frontier 

 cities of the Northwest, 164; 

 horizon. 43-4J5; horizon, exten- 

 sion- of, 59-60; pottery, 55; 

 site, !•'»: stone sculptures, 55 57. 



Architecture, brilliant period of the 

 Mayas, 134; historical sequence 

 determined by, 127 128; .Mayan, 

 :: Mitla, 1 17 1 18; period 

 of the League of Mayapan, 1 35; 

 Transition Period. Mayan, 134; 

 types, La Quemada, 165 166 



r;e ieS, among the Aztec-. 189 • 



191. 

 Art. archaic, i:;. 52 53, 69, 220 _'_' 1 : 

 archaic, characterization of, .",] ; 

 ehaic, local developments of. 



60 »'»i: Chorotegan, 171 176; 

 decorative Isthmian region, • '»•;. 

 64; high development "i" Mayan, 



t'»7: historical development of, 



125 128; massive sculptural. 

 77-78; Mayan. 132, L33, 134, 

 1 :;."). 136; Mayan, serpent in, 82 

 st',; Santa Lucia Cozumaihualpa, 

 it;'.i; sequence in, 124 128; 

 Tarascan, 13, 220 221;Toltecan, 

 influenced by Mayan. 156; 

 Totonacan, close correspondence 

 to Mayan, 149, 150, 153; Zapo- 

 tecan. influenced by Mayan, 141. 



Art-. minor, Aztecan, 218 220: 

 Mayan, 78-82. 



Astronomy, .Mayan knowledge of, 

 67,97,121, 12o 



Atlatl, 53, 220. 



Atzcapotzalco, 181, L84, 188; strati- 

 fication at, 44-4"), 156. 



Aztecan history, 184-188. 



Aztecs 181-226; and Mayas, com- 

 pared to Greeks and Roman.-. 

 181- L83. 



Bar and dot numeral-. 101. 106. 1 16 



1 12. 

 Basketry, Mayan, 82. 

 Bats, represented in ancient art, 20. 



Bells. Aztecan, 218; copper. 169; 



copper and gold, 17'.' 

 Ben, Mayan day sign, s " 

 Blankets, Mexican. :;7. 

 Brilliant Period. Mayan civilization. 



69, L33 134. 

 Buildings, Mayan, 71. 



( laban, Mayan day sign, 80 

 Cakchiquels, 137, 190. 



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