570 THE INSCRIPTIONS AT COPAN. 
lintel in the Hieroglyphic Stairway) and 9.10.10.0.0 (the Hieroglyphic Stairway). 
In 9.13.15.0.0 (Stela 21) and again in 9.14.15.0.0 (Stela 18), however, third hotun- 
endings were recorded, but this practice does not appear to have continued, as the 
closing group of stelz were all erected on lahuntun or katun-endings again, 9.17.10.0.0 
(Stele 13 and 19), 9.18.0.0.0 (Stela 14), 9.18.10.0.0 (Stele 8 and 12), 9.19.0.0.0 
(Stela 7 and 10), and 9.19.10.0.0 (Stela 32). However, there are 32 sculptured 
stelz at this site, the dates of only about half of which have been deciphered, so 
that some of the undeciphered monuments probably fll the existing lacune in 
the series of hotun-markers there. 
Palenque.—The evidence here is very limited. There is only one stela known 
and a few wall tablets. As far as they go, however, these conform with this prac- 
tice: 9.10.10.0.0 (Temple of the Sun), 9.11.0.0.0 (Palace Group and a small slab of 
unknown provenance), and g.13.0.0.0 (Temples of the Inscriptions and Foliated 
Cross, and the stela in front of the Temple of the Cross). 


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a (ONE HALF MILE FROM 
s$ MAIN GROVE) 
B& DATED MONUMENTS 
| O UNDATED MONUMENTS 
@es STRUCTURES 
CAPITAL LETTERS MONUMENTS 
ARABIC NUMERALS STRUCTURES 
SCALE IN Fr. 
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Fic. 84.— Map of Quirigua, Guatemala, showing location of the dated and the undated monuments. 
Yaxchilan.—The evidence at this site is the most unsatis- | Monu- 


factory of all, though even here traces of the custom appear. | ments. ee 
Of the 20 stelz, only one records a hotun-ending, 9.16.10.0.0 Mi | 9:46. 0.086 
(Stela 1). An altar was dedicated in 9.15.15.0.0, and two lin- Gsrgh Pace 
tels in 9.16.5.0.0 (Lintel 3) and 9.17.0.0.0 (Lintel 31). Many 9.15. §.0.0 
of the dates here have not been deciphered, and many more, B3 15 t0.c 
particularly on the lintels, which were the commonest media ae aves aan 
for hieroglyphic treatment at Yaxchilan, present odd dates at Jm| 9.16. 5.0.0 
the ends of no periods in the Long Count, and thus possibly Fl | 9.16.10.0.0 
refer to historic or astronomic events. we ae oe 
Nakum.— There are only 3 sculptured stelz at this site, |A&C@| 9.17. 0.0.0 
but each one of these conforms to this custom: 9.17.0.0.0 (Stela Bu | 9.17.10.0.0 
U), 9.19.10.0.0 (Stela C), and 10.1.0.0.0 (Stela D). There are Aa eae a 
12 other plain stela here, and assuming that they were either Pm] 9.18. 5.0.0 
lahuntun or katun-markers like the 3 sculptured ones, and Te | 9.18.10.0.0 
that 10.1.0.0.0 is the latest date, these would carry the series of nae eae oe 
period-markers at this site back to 9.14.0.0.0 for its beginning. 
