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MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 



Pro to historic Period, Mayan history, 



132. 

 Pueblo Viejo, 23. 

 Pulque, 36. 

 Pyramid, Cholula, 163-165; Mayan, 



71; Monte Alban, 141-142; 



San Juan Teotihuacan, 159; 



Toltecan, 156, 158. 



Quetzalcoatl, 93, 155, 209. 

 Quiches, 173. 

 Quinatzin, map, 184. 

 Quirigua, 15, 69, 127. 



Rank, among the Aztecs, 189. 



Rattles, Aztecan, 217-218. 



Religion, Aztecan, 205-209; as evi- 

 denced by archaic art, 54; 

 Isthmian region, 179; Lacandone 

 Indians, 39; Mayan, 91-96, 

 181; Toltecan, 158; Zapotecan, 

 145. 



River systems, Mexico and Central 

 America, 17-18. 



Roman-nosed God, Maj^an, 91, 92, 93. 



Roof comb, on Mayan buildings, 77, 

 128. 



Roofs, on Mayan buildings, 76. 



Rooms, Mayan buildings, 74, 76. 



Ruins, Usumacinta Valley, 18. 



Sacrifices, Aztecan, to the gods, 181; 

 human, 193, 198, 207; human, 

 Aztecan, 207, 211, 212; human, 

 shown on sculptures, 169; hu- 

 man, Toltecan, 155; human, 

 Zapotecan, 145. 



Sacrificial yokes, Totonacan, 151, 152. 



Saltillo blankets, 37, 39. 



San Andres Tuxtla, 139. 



San Bias Indians, 41-42. 



San Juan Teotihuacan, 159-162. 



San Miguel blankets, 37, 39. 



Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa, 169-171. 



Sculptural art, massive, 77-78. 



Sculptures, archaic, 55-57; common 

 material for, 19; developments 

 in, as a check to chronology, 125 

 Isthmian region, 63, 64, 171 

 Mayan, Middle Period, 133 

 San Juan Teotihuacan, 161 

 Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa 

 169-171; sequence in style, 127 

 style, correlated with dates, 130 

 Tenochtitlan, 218; at Tula, 162 

 wall, at Copan, 77; Zapotecan, 

 146. 



Seibal, 69, 89. 



Seri, 36. 



Serpent, archaic pottery, 54; in 

 Chorotegan art, 171-172; con- 

 ventional, of the Mayas, 84-86; 

 heads, comparison of Mayan and 

 Zapotecan, 141 ; heads, on Mayan 

 buildings, 77; motive, impor- 

 tance in Mayan art, 82-86; in 

 religion of the Mayas, 91. 



Shield stone, Cuernavaca, 196. 



Slabs, sculptured stone, from Costa 

 Rica, 174, 175; Zapotecan, 146. 



Smiling faces, Totonacan, 150, 151. 



Social organization, Aztecan, 188- 

 191. 



Songs, Aztecan, 216, 217. 



Southern Mexico, culture of, 221-224. 



Spear-thrower, Tarascan, 221. 



Speech scroll, 158, 169-170. 



Stability, Mayan buildings, 76. 



Stamps, for pottery designs, 80. 



Stature, Indians of Mexico and 

 Central America, 42. 



Stela?, Mayan, 78; Zapotecan, 142. 



Stocks, language, distributionof, 31- 

 34. 



