R Rank, among the Aztecs, [209]-210. Rattles, Aztecan, [241]. Religion, Aztecan, [229]-232; as evidenced by archaic art, [58]; Isthmian region, [198]; Lacandone Indians, [41]; Mayan, [99]-103, [146], [201]; Toltecan, [170]; Zapotecan, [146]. River systems, Mexico and Central America, [17]-18. Roman-nosed God, Mayan, [98], [99], [100]. Roof comb, on Mayan buildings, [76], [83], [109]. Roofs, Mayan buildings, [81]. Rooms, Mayan buildings, [79], [81], [109]. Rubber, uses of, [154]. Ruins, Usumacinta Valley, [18]. Rulers, Toltec, [171].
S Sacrifices, Aztecan, to the gods, [201]; human, [215], [219], [229]; human, archaic horizon, [59]; human, Aztecan, [229], [234], [235]; human, in sacred cenote, [28]; human, shown on sculptures, [188]; human, Toltecan, [179]; human, Zapotecan, [161]. Sacrificial yokes, Totonacan, [167], [168]. Saltillo blankets, [39]. San Andres Tuxtla, [146], [153]. San Blas Indians, [44]. San Juan Teotihuacan, [169], [175]-179. San Miguel blankets, [39]. Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa, [187]-189. Sculptural art, massive, [83]-84. Sculptures, archaic, [61]-63; common material for, [19]; developments in, as a check to chronology, [104]; Mayan, Early Period, [146]; Mayan, Middle Period, [147]; San Juan Teotihuacan, [177]; Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa, [188]; sequence in style, [106]-108; style, correlated with dates, [124]-125; Tenochtitlan, [242]; at Tula, [179]; wall, at Copan, [83]; Zapotecan, [162]. Second Empire, Mayan, [149], [195]. Seibal, [75], [95]. Seri, [36]. Serpent, archaic pottery, [59], [61]; in Chorotegan art, [190]-191; conventional, of the Mayas, [91], [92]-93; heads, comparison of Mayan and Zapotecan, [156]; heads, on Mayan buildings, [84]; motive, importance in Mayan art, [89]-93; in religion of the Mayas, [98]. Shield stone, Cuernavaca, [216]. Sky God, [102]. Slabs, sculptured stone, from Costa Rica, [192], [193], [194]; Zapotecan, [162]. Smiling faces, Totonacan, [165]-167. Social organization, Aztecan, [209]-213. Songs, Aztecan, [239], [240]. Southern Mexico, culture of, [245]-248. Spear-thrower, Tarascan, [244]. Speech scroll, [188]. Stability, Mayan buildings, [81]. Stature, Indians of Mexico and Central America, [44]. Stelæ, Mayan, [84], [106]; Zapotecan, [157]. Stocks, language, distribution of, [32]-36. Stone, collars, Totonacan, [167]-168; great development of building in, Copan and Mitla, [19]; sculpture in, [60]-63; yokes, [167]; Zapotecan art in, [160]. Stratification, archaeological, at Atzcapotzalco, [47]-48, [169]; Mexican sites, [45]-46, [47]-49; in Salvador, [49]. Structure, two-roomed, Mayan, [79]-81. Subtiaban stock, [36]. Sumo Indians, culture of, [43]. Sun God, Aztecan, [217], [231]. Suns, sequence of, in Aztecan mythology, [233]. Superstructures, on Mayan buildings, [83]. Supplementary series, [123], [141], [142]. Syllables, phonetic use of Mayan, [125], [127]. Symbolism, religious, Mayan, [95], [98], [234].
T Talamanca, [44]. Tarahumare, [33], [36]. Tarascan, culture, [244]-245; stock, [35]. Tarascans, [44]. Tattooing, shown on archaic figurines, [56], [58]. Tecpan, [208], [209], [212], [213], [215]. Temple, of the Cross, model of, [76]; enclosure, Tenochtitlan, [212], [213], [215]; structure of Mayan, [78], [79], [81], [83]; of the Sun, Aztecan, [217]; at Xochicalco, [179]. Temples, Mayan, [78]-83, [109], [146], [150]; Mitla, [163]-164; Tenochtitlan, [212], [213], [215]; Toltecan, [170]; Zapotecan, [157]. Tenochtitlan, [25], [26], [27], [29], [34], [47], [209], [210], [213], [219], [242]. Teocentli, sacred maize, [51], [52]. Teonanacatl, peyote, use of, [38]. Teotihuacan, [157]. Teotleco, twelfth month, Aztecan, [237]-238. Tepanecas, [47], [205], [209]. Tepehuane, [33], [36]. Teswin, [38]. Teteocan, [233]. Teteoinnan, [236]. Texcoco, [172], [195], [203], [204], [209], [239]. Textile, art, Cora and Huichol, [37]; art, Mayan, [88]; decoration, Aztec, [243]; designs, on archaic effigies, [58]. Tezcatlipoca, feast of, [26]. Tikal, [75], [83], [146], [148]. Time, count, Aztecan, [205]; Mayan, [111]; Toltecan, [172]; Zapotecan, [161], [163]. Time-relations, in New World culture, [249]-252. Tizoc, stone of, [209], [215], [219]-221. Tlachtli, Mexican ball game, [170], [179]. Tlacopan, [209]. Tlaloc, God of Rain, [58], [178], [215], [230], [231]. Tlalocan, [234]. Tlappaneca, [189]. Tlaxcala, [25], [27], [34], [44], [209]. Tlotzin, map of, [203]. Toltec, era, and Quetzalcoatl, [171]-175. Toltecs, [110], [149], [154], [156], [169]-171, [203], [232]. Tomb, cruciform, near Mitla, [158], [164]. Tonalamatl, Aztecan, [113], [228], [238]-239. Tonatiuh, the Sun god, [217], [221], [231]. Topography, Mexico and Central America, [14]-19. Totonacan, culture, [165]-169; stock, [35]. Totonacs, [187]. Toxcatl, Aztecan month, [235]. Traditions, Colombia and Peru, [250]; Mayan, [104]. Transition Period, Mayan history, [148]-149. Trees, Mexico and Central America, [21]. Tribes, Indian, Mexico and Central America, [33], [34], [35], [36]. Tribute, lists, Aztecan, [243]; roll, [200], [245]; taken by Toltecs, [171]. Tripod vessels, archaic period, [59]. Tro-Cortesianus Codex, [128]. Tropical year, [139]. Tula, [169], [173], [179]. Tulum, [150], [151]. Tun, defined, [139]. Tuxtla Statuette, [146], [153]. Turquoise, Aztec work in, [243]. Two-Headed Dragon, [93], [100], [101], [102], [105], [108]. Tzendals, [44]. Tzintzuntzan, Tarascan capital, [244]. Tzolkin, defined, [113], [115], [117], [118]; in Dresden Codex, [133]-135; origin of, [113]; permutation table, [114].
U Uayeb period, Mayan, [115]. Uaxactun, [139], [146], [148]. Uinal, lunar month, [112]. Universe, Aztecan conceptions of the, [232]-234. Urns, Zapotecan funerary, [159]-160. Uto-Aztecan languages, distribution of, [33]-35. Uxmal, [149], [150]; House of the Governor at, [82].
V Vault, Mayan buildings, [79]. Venus, Aztecan festivals in connection with, [239]; calendar, Mayan, [143]-145, [146]. Viceroys, Spanish, in Mexico, [31]. Vigesimal system of counting, Mayan, [118], [119]. Volcanoes, Mexico and Central America, [16], [19].
W Wall construction, La Quemada, [182]-183; Mayan, [76], [79], [81]-83; Mitla, [161], [164]. War God, Aztecan, [219], [237]; Mayan, [103]. War, importance in Aztecan organization, [209]-210; Toltecan, [170]-171. Weapons, shown in archaic figurines, [58]. Weaving, shown in archaic figurines, [57]-58; Cora and Huichol, [37]; Lacandone, [41]; Mayan, [88]; Tarascan, [244]. Whistles, Aztecan, [241]. Writing, hieroglyphic, Mayan, [73]; Mayan and Aztecan, [125]-128; Mexican, [223]-229.
X Xcalumkin, [134]. Xipe, [178], [189], [232], [236]. Xkichmook, [84]. Xochicalco, [157], [179]. Xochimilco, [48], [207]. Xolotl, [204].
Y Yatacas, Tarascan mounds, [244]. Yaqui, [44]. Yaxchilan, [75], [83], [94], [102]. Year, bearers, Cuicatecan, [246], [247]; conventional, Mayan, [114]-117; length of Mayan, [112]; Mayan, the true, [139]-140; symbol, southern Mexico, [245]. Yellow fever, presence in Central America, [148]. Yokes, sacrificial, [167]; designs on, [167], [168]. Yum Kaax, Lord of the Harvest, [103].
Z Zapotecan stock, [35]. Zapotecs, culture of, [44], [156]-163. Zero, invention of sign for, Mayas, [119]. Zotzils, [211].