Transcriber’s Note
This book was originally published as a part of:
Powell, J. W.
1881 First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-’80. pp. 205-245. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
The table of contents and index included in this version of the book was extracted from the complete volume.
A number of typographical errors have been maintained in the current version of this book. They are marked and the corrected text is shown in the popup. A [list] of these errors is found at the end of this book.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR.
STUDIES
IN
CENTRAL AMERICAN PICTURE-WRITING.
BY
EDWARD S. HOLDEN,
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY.