TEXT FIGURES
[1. The Great Snowstorm of 1447 shown in the Pictographic Record of the Aztecs] 13 [2. A Mexican Picture of a Volcanic Eruption] 16 [3. Yucatan Deer caught in a Snare] 20 [4. The Moan Bird, or Yucatan Owl, personified as a Demigod] 20 [5. Spanish Ship in the Aubin Codex] 22 [6. Cortez arrives with Sword and Cross and Moctezuma brings him Gold] 25 [7. Aztecan Canoe. Lienzo de Tlaxcala] 26 [8. Design on Modern Huichol Ribbon] 37 [9. Woven Pouch of the Huichol Indians] 37 [10. Atzcapotzalco Destroyed] 47 [11. Diagram of Culture Strata at Atzcapotzalco] 48 [12. Teocentli or Mexican Fodder Grass] 51 [13. Archaic Figurines from Central Mexico] 55 [14. Archaic Figurines—Zapotlan, Jalisco; Tampico, Vera Cruz; and Cuesta Blanca, Salvador] 55 [15. Archaic Figurine from Salvador] 56 [16. Types of Eyes of Archaic Figurines] 57 [17. Textile Designs painted on Archaic Effigies] 58 [18. Typical Tripod Vessels of the Archaic Period, from Morelos, Mexico] 59 [19. Series showing the Modification of a Celt into a Stone Amulet] 61 [20. Groundplans of Yaxchilan Temples] 77 [21. Cross-section of Typical Mayan Temple in Northern Yucatan] 78 [22. Mask Panel over Doorway at Xkichmook, Yucatan] 84 [23. Design on Engraved Pot representing a Tiger seated in a Wreath of Water Lilies. Northern Yucatan] 86 [24. Painted Design on Cylindrical Bowl showing Serpent issuing from a Shell Salvador] 86 [25. Mayan Basket represented in Stone Sculpture] 88 [26. Typical Elaborated Serpents of the Mayas] 90 [27. Conventional Serpent of the Mayas used for Decorative Purposes] 91 [28. Upper Part of Serpent Head made into a Fret Ornament] 92 [29. Sculpture on Front of Lintel at Yaxchilan] 93 [30. Types of Human Heads on the Lintels of Yaxchilan] 94 [31. Sculpture on Upper Part of Stela 11, Seibal] 95 [32. The Ceremonial Bar] 98 [33. The Manikin Scepter] 99 [34. The Two-Headed Dragon] 100 [35. Gods in the Dresden Codex] 101 [36. The Front Head of the Two-Headed Dragon on Stelæ at Piedras Negras showing the Increase in Flamboyant Treatment] 105 [37. Grotesque Face on the Back of Stela B, Copan] 108 [38. Jaguar in Dresden Codex with a Water Lily attached to Forehead] 108 [39. Late Sculpture from Chichen Itza] 109 [40. The Twenty Day Signs] 112 [41. The Nineteen Month Signs of the Mayan Year] 115 [42. Bar and Dot Numerals of the Mayas] 119 [43. Face Numerals found in Mayan Inscriptions] 121 [44. The Normal Forms of the Period Glyphs] 121 [45. Face Forms of Period Glyphs] 121 [46. Hieroglyphs of the Four Directions] 127 [47. Hieroglyphs containing the Phonetic Element kin] 127 [48. Mayan Ceremony as represented in the Dresden Codex] 132 [49. Diagram of the Astronomical Base Line at Copan giving Readings at April 9 and September 2] 138 [50. Representations of the Moon] 142 [51. The Last Glyph of the Supplementary Series] 142 [52. Comparison of Mayan and Zapotecan Serpent Heads] 156 [53. Bar and Dot Numerals combined with Hieroglyphs on Zapotecan Monuments] 157 [54. Detail of Wall Construction at Mitla] 161 [55. Wall Paintings of Mitla] 163 [56. The Eyes of Totonacan Figurines] 165 [57. Jointed Doll of Clay from San Juan Teotihuacan] 178 [58. Pottery Plates from Cholula with Decorations in Several Colors] 180 [59. Vessel with “Cloisonné” Decoration in Heavy Pigments] 184 [60. The Turtle Motive as developed in Negative Painting with Wax at Totoate, Jalisco] 185 [61. Jaguar Head on Disk-Shaped Stone, Salvador] 187 [62. Front View and Profile View Serpent Heads in Chorotegan Art] 190 [63. Jaguar Design associated with Figurines that still retain Archaic Characters, Costa Rica] 191 [64. Jaguars from painted Nicoyan Vases] 191 [65. Highly Conventionalized Jaguar Motive] 193 [66. Simple Crocodile Figures in Red Lines on Dishes from Mercedes, Costa Rica] 194 [67. Panels containing Crocodiles painted in White Lines on Large Tripod Bowls from Mercedes, Costa Rica] 194 [68. Simplified Crocodile Heads in the Yellow Line Ware of Mercedes, Costa Rica] 194 [69. Conventional Crocodiles from Costa Rica and Panama] 197 [70. Pictographic Record of the Fighting near the Springs of Chapultepec] 207 [71. Details from the Stone of Tizoc] 219 [72. Detail showing the Construction of the Face of Coatlicue] 223 [73. Hieroglyphs of Precious Materials] 224 [74. Phonetic Elements derived from Pictures and used in Mexican Place Name Hieroglyphs] 224 [75. Aztecan Place Names] 225 [76. Aztecan Day Signs] 226 [77. Variant Forms of Aztecan Day Signs] 226 [78. Aztecan Numbers and Objects of Commerce] 227 [79. Analysis of Mexican Record] 231 [80. Chalchuihtlicue, Aztecan Goddess of Water] 232 [81. A Mexican Orchestra] 241 [82. Mexican Blanket with the Design that represents interlacing Sand and Water called “Spider Water”] 243 [83. The Year Symbol of Southern Mexico] 245 [84. Year Bearers in the Codex Porfirio Diaz ascribed to the Cuicatecan Tribe] 246 [85. A Page from the Codex Nuttall, recording the Conquest of a Town situated on an Island of the Sea] 247 [86. The God Macuilxochitl, Five Flower, as shown in a Mexican Codex and in Pottery from Southern Mexico] 248