PLATES
[I. a, Village Scene in Arid Mexico; b, In the Humid Lowlands] 15 [II. a, Site of Pueblo Viejo, the First Capital of Guatemala; b, A Spanish Church at the Village of Camotan on the Road to Copan] 23 [III. a, View of the Island Town of Flores in Lake Peten; b, The Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza] 28 [IV. a, A Guatemalan huipili; b, Pouches of the Valiente Indians] 40 [V. a, Zapotecan Girl from the State of Oaxaca; b, Lacondone Man from Southern Mexico] 42 [VI. a, Cuicuilco. A view showing cobblestone facing of mound and lava in contact with apron or causeway; b, Archaic Site under Lava Flow near Mexico City] 50 [VII. Large Archaic Figures found in Graves and offering Evidence of Ancient Customs and Arts and also showing a Quality of Caricature or possibly Portraiture] 54 [VIII. Two Stages in the Stone Sculptures of Costa Rica] 60 [IX. a, Stone Sculptures of the Archaic Period; b, Typical Site of the Archaic Period] 62 [X. Widely Distributed Female Figurines] 65 [XI. Distribution of the Archaic Culture] 69 [XII. Distribution of Agriculture in the New World] 70 [XIII. A General View of the Ceremonial Center of Copan] 72 [XIV. a, View of the Plaza at Copan from the Northwestern Corner; b, View Across the Artificial Acropolis at Copan] 74 [XV. a, Model of the Temple of the Cross, Palenque, designed to show the Construction; b, Detail of Frieze on the Temple of the Cross] 76 [XVI. A Temple of Hochob showing Elaborate Facade Decorations in Stucco] 80 [XVII. A Sealed Portal Vault in the House of the Governor at Uxmal] 82 [XVIII. a, Realistic Designs on Vases from Chamá, Guatemala; b, The Quetzal as represented on a Painted Cylindrical Vase from Copan] 85 [XIX. Stela 13, Piedras Negras] 96 [XX. a, Top of Stela 1 at Yaxchilan; b, Analogous Detail of Stela 4, Yaxchilan] 102 [XXI. Development in Style of Carving at Copan] 107 [XXII. Scheme of the Mayan Calendar as presented in the Codex Tro-Cortesianus] 116 [XXIII. Typical Mayan Inscription] 122 [XXIV. Page 24 Dresden Codex] 130 [XXV. a, Detail of the Dresden Codex showing Tzolkin used in Divination; b, Analysis of the above Tzolkin, according to Förstemann] 134 [XXVI. General View of Monte Alban from the North] 152 [XXVII. Detail of Monte Alban showing Wall Foundations and Small Cell-like Rooms] 155 [XXVIII. Zapotecan Art: Incense Burners, Funerary Vases of Portrait Type, Cruciform Tomb with Geometric Decoration] 158 [XXIX. a, Sculpture of Stone of the Early Zapotecan Period; b, Jade Tablets pierced for Suspension] 162 [XXX. Laughing Head of the Totonacs] 166 [XXXI. a, An Elaborately Carved Stone Collar; b, A Palmate Stone from the State of Vera Cruz] 168 [XXXII. The Temple of Xochicalco before Restoration] 174 [XXXIII. Two Views of the Principal Pyramid in the Citadel at Teotihuacan] 176 [XXXIV. a, Partial View of the Great Pyramid at Cholula; b, A View at La Quemada] 181 [XXXV. Stone Slab from an Ancient Sepulcher in the State of Guerrero] 186 [XXXVI. a, Finely Carved Ceremonial Slab found at Mercedes, Costa Rica; b, Stone Figure from Costa Rica; c, Ceremonial Slab decorated with Monkeys, Mercedes, Costa Rica] 192 [XXXVII. a, The Gold Work of the Ancient Mexicans; b, Ornament of Gold from Costa Rica] 196 [XXXVIII. A Page from the Tribute Roll of Moctezuma] 200 [XXXIX. A Page from the Codex Telleriano Remensis] 202 [XL. Serpent Head at Bottom of Balustrade, Great Pyramid, Mexico City] 206 [XLI. Sahagun’s Plan of the Tecpan in Mexico City] 212 [XLII. The Calendar Stone of the Aztecs] 214 [XLIII. The Shield Stone at Cuernavaca] 216 [XLIV. The Newly Discovered “National Stone” of Mexico] 220 [XLV. Sculpture representing Coatlicue, the Serpent-Skirted Goddess] 222 [XLVI. Page from the Tonalamatl Section of the Codex Borbonicus] 228 [XLVII. a, Picture of Tlaloc, the God of Rain, and of Ehecatl, the God of Winds, in the Codex Magliabecchiano; b, Mexican Genealogical Table on Amatl Paper] 230