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Fic. 83.— Map of Piedras Negras, Guatemala, showing location of the dated 



and the undated monuments. cients: Hotuns. 
each line corresponding to a hotun-ending. When there is a Early Period. 
black square and a number in the first column, the number _ | 75" . Sao 
indicates the name of the stela, or in one or two cases altar, ae ee 
which records the corresponding hotun-ending. If the first 9. 9.10.0.0 
column is empty this indicates that no monument hat yet Meee 
been found recording this particular hotun-ending. In such Middle Period 
cases, however, it should be noted that there are other monu- | 318 
ments at the city, the dates of which have not yet been deci- 
phered, shown as white squares on the map in figure 83, which 
in all probability fill these lacunae. There are 37 stele and 2 
large altars at Piedras Negras, the dates of 23 of which, or | 35# 
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about 60 per cens., have been deciphered; and since all of the ve ae 
deciphered monuments have been found to be hotun-markers, 12. 5 
it appears highly probable that the remaining 16 when deci- ; 12.10 
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phered will be found to fill some of these lacune. ‘The ear- ee 
liest date at Piedras Negras is 9.8.15.0.0 (Stela 25) and the om 
latest 9.18.5.0.0 (Stela 12). Stylistically considered also, 4a 
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safe to regard most, if not all, of the other monuments as fall- Ph 
ing between these two limits. There are, moreover, just 39 ho- | / a ie 
tuns between and including these two dates, and we have seen cay Pane: 
that there is a total of just 39 monuments known here. ‘These om Tow 6.006 
results are so close and satisfactory that the writer haslittle hesi- | 10" 15 .10.0.0 
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tancy in concluding that the as yet undated monuments at this | ,,, = pe 
site will eventually be found to fill most if not allof theselacunz. | 22= 16. 5.0.0 
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