640 
Puchutla, 608 
Pueblo Bonito, 34 
Putnam, Frederic W., work of, 24 
Putun, defined, 610 
Quarries, 6 
Quartz inclusions in monuments, 463 
Quirigua, 6, 391, 433, 437, 441 
Abandonment of, 457 
Colonization of, 428 
Earliest date at, 272, 435 
Excavation, 27 
Hotun-markers of, 214 
Important dates at, 329, 344, 579 
Katun-ending records at, 184 
Probable foundation of, 272 
Subject of figures at, 443 
Supplementary Series at, 551 
Tonalamatl, 334 
Quirigua, Monuments: 
Altar L, 334, 571 
Altar M, 571, 584 
Altar N, 571 
Altar Q, 334, 571 
Altar R, 334, 571 
Hieroglyphic cornice, 387 
Stela A, 571, 585 
Stela C, 150, 273, 282, 528, 565, 571, 585, 589 
Stela D, 156, 181, 231, 259, 320, 4O1, 565, 585 
Stela FE, 156, 181, 227, 258, 273, 287, 301, 386, 397, 399, 
400, 401, 559, 579; 584, 585 
Stela F, 258, 273, 555s 559, 560, 561, 566, 579, 584 
Stela H, 194, 565, 584 
Stela I, 312, 554, 559, 560, 565, 585 
Stela J, 258, 273, 559, 560, 579, 584 
Stela K, 312, 554, 565, 586 
Stela S, 214, 571, 584 
Structure I, 214, 220, 259, 276, 312, 389, 392, 554, 571, 
579, 586 
Zoémorph B, 214, 231, 386, 559, 560, 579, 585 
Zoémorph G, 214, 227, 228, 258, 273, 320, 565, 585, 586 
Zodmorph O, 214, 559, 585 
Zoomorph P, 214, 585 
Quebrada Seca, 13 
Quelen, defined, 610 
Quen Santo, stela, same date as Chichen Itza lintel, 459 
Stela 1, 580, 586 
Stela 2, 249, 527, 528, 572, 580, 586 
Quetzalcoatl, 502 
Quiahuitl, Ninth Lord of the Night, 559 
Quinteros, Miguel, 544, 545 
Rainfall, its effect on growth and decay of civilization, 448 
Rainfall figures, 2 
Rainy season, 2 
Ramonal, 458 
Range of inscriptions at Copan, 335 years, 391 
Recent destruction of monuments at Copan, 93 
Recovery of fragments, 164 
Red paint on monuments, 83, 96, 105, 132, 141, 346, 376 
Religious center of first settlement, 418 
Religious ceremonies during Great Period, probable effect 
of food crisis on, 456 
Removals of monuments from other localities, 194 
From Group 9 to Great Plaza, 419 
In early times, 211 
Representations, general character of not warlike, 443 
Reverse direction of reading glyphs, right to left, g125 354; 
322 
Rio Amarillo, 381, 431, 441 
Altars 1 and 2, discussion, 382 

INDEX. 
Rio Beque, 458 
Rio Chixoy, 459 
Rio Graciosa, referred to by Seler, 528 
Rio Grande, 441 
Rio Lacantun, 459 
Rio Pasion, 438, 459 
Rio Sesesmil, 123 
River course, 7 
River washing, 7 
Rocks, 1 
Rock material of Copan monuments described, 463 
Rope pattern, 57, 59 
Round altar, first found, 396 
Rosny, de, katun correlation, 526 
Ruano Suarez, Chorti vocabulary, 607 
Rubber, 4 
Rulers of Copan, their character, 423 
Sabaka, caves at, 438 
Sacchana, stelx, 459 
Sacred fire, renewal of, in Aztec Codices, 41 
Salto de Agua Chol word-list, 610 
San Diego Museum, 52 
San José de Motul, 441 
San Juan Ermita, founded by refugees from Copan, 603 
Santa Cruz Quiché, archaic sculpture at, 209 
Santa Rita, 6, 13 
Santiago, José de, 548 
Saville, Marshall H., work at Copan, 24 
Sapper, on correlation of chronology, 526 
On early habitat of Maya, 405, 406 
Scherzer, Carl, 21 
Scope of present investigation, 33 
Sculptured. monuments not always a criterion of length of 
occupation, 439 > 
Secondary Series, contemporary date on later monuments, 
399 
Developed for brevity, 392 
Numbers counted backward, 162 
Order of, 264 
Term defined, 46 
Secondary usage of monuments, 55, 82, 92, 96, 122, 123, 
124, 125, 341 
Examples of, 82 
Of Early Period monuments, list of instances, 418 
Possible reason therefor, 82 
Seibal, 220, 433, 438, 441, 444, 458, 459 
bandonment of, 457 
Seibal Monuments: 
Hieroglyphic step, 389, 571, 584 
Stela 1, 458, 528, 571, 586 
Stela 5, 220 
Stela 6, 220/571, 585° 
Stela 7, 220, 566, 571, 585 
Stela 8, 528, 571, 586 
Stela 9, 528, 571, 586 
Stela 10, 528, 571, 586 
Stela 11, 228, 528, 571, 586 
Stela 12, 571, 585 
Stelz 2, 3, 4, 5, not deciphered, 571 
Seler, Eduard, on correlation of chronology, 528 
Periodicity of monuments, 565 
Quoted, 114, 116, 285, 408 
Strong Mexican bias in‘his Maya studies, 52 
Studies on inscriptions, 31 
Works, 31 
Separation of monuments of the three periods, 54 
Sequence of archaic stela, 125 
Series of 18 Tuns, on Stela J at Copan, 201 
Serpent-head decoration on earliest five altars, 62 

