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MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 



Tropical year, 108. 



Tula, 154, 155, 156, 162-163, 166. 



Tun, defined, 105. 



Tuxtla Statuette, 132, 136, 139. 



Turquoise, Aztec work in, 219. 



Two-Headed Dragon, 86-87, 91, 92, 



94, 126, 127. 

 Tzintzuntzan, Tarascan capital, 220. 



War God, Aztecan, 194, 214; Mayan, 

 96. 



War, importance in Aztecan organiza- 

 tion, 189. 



Weapons, shown in archaic figurines, 

 53. 



Weaving, shown in archaic figurines, 

 53; Tarascan, 221. 



Tzolkin, defined, 98, 101 ; in Dresden Whistles, Aztecan, 217. 



Codex, 121-122; origin of, 98; 

 permutation table, 99. 



Uaxactun, early date at, 132. 

 Uinal, lunar month, 97-98. 

 Ukahlay katunob, record of the days, 



131. 

 Universe, Aztecan conceptions of the, 



209-211. 

 Urns, Zapotecan funerary, 144. 

 Uto- Aztecan languages, distribution 



of, 33. 

 Uxmal, House of the Governor at, 73. 



Vault, Mayan buildings, 71. 



Venus, Aztecan festivals in connection 

 with, 216; calendar, Mayan, 

 112-113. 



Vigesimal system of counting, Mayan, 

 105. 



Volcanoes, Mexico and Central Amer- 

 ica, 16, 19. 



Wall construction, LaQuemada, 165- 

 166; Mayan, 71, 74, 76-77: 

 Mitla 147-149. 



Writing, hieroglyphic, Mayan, 67; 

 Mayan and Aztecan, 113-115; 

 Mexican, 201-205. 



Xcalumkin, 134. 

 Xipe, 162, 209, 213. 

 Xkichmook, 78. 

 Xochicalco, 156, 158-159. 

 Xochimilco, 45, 187. 



Yatacas, Tarascan mounds, 221. 



Yaxchilan, 69, 77, 88, 95. 



Year, bearers, Cuicatecan, 222, 224; 

 conventional, 100-101; symbol, 

 southern Mexico, 222; length 

 of Mayan, 97; Mayan, the true, 

 107-110. 



Yellow fever, presence in Central 

 America, 134. 



Yokes, sacrificial, 151; designs on, 

 153. 



Yum Kaax, Lord of the Harvest, 96. 



Zapotecs, culture of, 139, 141-147. 

 Zero, invention of sign for, Maya, 



104. 

 Zotzils, 191. 



