CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER PeEUTe TOR UCtiON: apie MMe ee a hotel oe iy Da peace oe 
DOcaAtonranc: chviLOnMiellinw. nara et. cr see. oe eos 
Description ofthe Stremy atari... sk ou cece sede. 
PLISEORVPOF LG C1LG peepee ee eRe, oo. dase Pane oe Sas 
History of the decipherment of the Maya hieroglyphic writing... . 
Peo Dem tiie: present anvestig ation con... es ok os ence oe ae soe: 
Le Hunts Cleat ienits Cie we hae eM RA. oe IO, at tes ce a gs. 
CHAPTER Die therscripmons Of the larly Period.. .0.,0%5% 03540. 0 ee es spe 
Seaprer, iil the mscnptions of the Middle Period... .........0.00.5.5.....- 
SsaPrer  1V. The inscriptions of the Great Period.................:.:001...-. 
CHAPTER er WL OMCIIStCIS AMER Ie eet et el Ao TSA ee 
Me teerarenin fattcOle eet ae ere Pie. oaks ves stow tana oe 
Probable function of the Maya monuments................... 
Miieroriein orsnemviaya ‘civilization ; 2. . ws... se ns eee 
History of Copan during the Old Empire..................... 
(itiverpcities Guane OulePanpire.< bso. e sles coe cee eS 
scat UN eM ICIN PEL Ge: c gat foe aa te Sc. ee nes ne hho ds 
APPENDIX I. A petrographic description of the material of the Copan monuments, 
Reenter ease WN 1OHtr gaat Men ere et ese el. 2 
Apprenpix II. The correlation of Maya and Christian chronology............... 
Appenpix III. The nomenclature of the Copan monuments. 
Appenpix IV. A description of the ruins of Copan, by Dic Garefa de Palsceen in 
Seer ema eeeerncen es Wee MMO RS Sy hn ew sir < diets a d's gees aware 
APPENDIX V. A description of the ruins of Copan, by Francisco Antonio Fuentes 
EP YAU NI LOL G Sy rw ate ee ts os oe ua do ae 
Berens | Vice t he pupplementary Series; - 0.6 Jnl. ca ce ee me cee eee 
ee my PC LUOELIN Se cere ee PR ore na Se ea ke eae a va aed eon 
Aprenpix VIII. List of monuments marking the hotun-endings during the Old 
HCH Ss sgt Sak GAR orca a a ee rel oe 
Aprenpix IX. The provenance and dates of the Copan monuments............. 
AppeNnpDIx X. List of day-signs and month-signs found in the Copan inscriptions.. 
AppENDIxX XI. A description of the ruins of Copan, by Juan Galindo, in 1834.... 
Appenpix XII. The distribution of the several branches of the Mayance linguistic 
PECs WN TITAN CIACES hy coerce an va Ce Sam ge Ol Rs b Ke bles oes 
are rer Ye eS ON, 7g owe cca ce Pe ee Ae a sy ds os ce 
re ETRY Bey Type ey. sy, aa Be eis 8 Bee ea ernie Peis wees ee Ree Re 
The engraving facing page 1 of this volume was redrawn from plate 8 of the section on 
Archeology of the Biologia-Centrali Americana by A. P. Maudslay. 
It represents the date 
6 Caban 10 Mol, the most important in the history of Copan, as recorded upon the step leading 
to the sanctuary of Temple 11. 
The engraving following the index is from the same publication (plate 94) and represents 
the death’s head on the front of Altar R. 
