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MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 



League, Aztecan, 188; of Mayapan, 



135. 

 Leiden Plate, 132. 

 Lienzo of Amoltepec, 223. 

 Linguistic stocks, Mexico and 



Central America, 31-34. 

 Long count, Mayan, 107. 

 Long-nosed God. Mayan. 91, 93, 94, 



144. 209. 

 Lunar, calendar, Mayan, 97, 110- 



112; period, in Mayan calendar, 



110, 111. 



Macuilxochitl, God Five Flower, 225. 

 Manikin Scepter, 86, 92, 93. 

 Maize God, Mayan, 93, 96 123. 

 Maize, distribution of use, 48; most 



important food of the New World, 



48-49; staple, in Mayan region, 



67, 69. 

 Manioc, cultivation of, 49; use and 



preparation by Carib, 41. 

 Marimba, origin of, 218. 

 Mask panels, on Mayan structures, 



77, 135. 

 Mayan, civilization, 65-137; lin- 

 guistic stock, distribution of, 34. 

 Mayas, and Aztecs, compared to 



Greeks and Romans, 181-183. 

 Mazatecas, 191. 

 Medicines, 228. 

 Metal, ornaments made of, Mayas, 



82; Zapotecan. 145. 

 Metates. elaborately sculptured, 172- 



173. 

 Mexican Hall, American Museum, 



5-6. 

 Mexican influence, period of, in 



Mayan history. 135-136. 

 Mictlan. 147, 211. 

 Mictlanteuctli. Lord of Death. 211. 

 Middle Period, in Mayan history, 133. 



Migrations, Aztecan, 1S5. 



Mitla. 19, 141, 147-149. 



Mixtecas, 191. 



Modeling, archaic figurines, 51-52; 



clay, San Juan Teotihuacan, 161. 

 Modern Period, Mayan history, 136- 



137. 

 Mogotes, Zapotecan burial mounds, 



144. 

 Monkey, in Chorotegan art, 171. 

 Monte Alban, 141. 142, 148, 222. 

 Month, Mayan, twenty day signs of, 



98; signs, of Mayan Year, 100. 

 Months, Aztecan, 205; Mayan, length 



of, 100; Mayan, names of, 100. 

 Monument, earliest dated, 132. 

 Monuments, Mayan, dated, 128-130; 



sequence of Mayan determined 



by style of sculpture, 125-127. 

 Moon, representations of the, 111. 

 Mosaic, feather, Aztecan, 220; feath- 

 er, Tarascan, 221; masks and 



ceremonial objects, 82. 

 Mosquito Indians, 41. 

 Mound, artificial, at Copan. 70: 



pyramidal developed at end of 



archaic period, 57. 

 Mounds, at Atzcapotzalco, 44; foun- 

 dation for temples, 70; Tarascan. 



221; Zapotecan, 144. 

 Mountains. Mexico and Central 



America, 14-16. 

 Music, Aztecan, 216-218. 

 Musical instruments. Aztecan, 217- 



218. 

 Mythology, Aztecan, 184, 195, 205, 



209-210: Mayan and Aztecan, 



205. 

 Myths, cosmogonic, 209-210. 



Nahuan, linguistic stock, distribution 

 of, 32; tribes, led in development 



of archaic art. 43. 



