First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology / to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881

by Unknown

1800		1801	1802 See 163, 175	1803	1804
		1805 See 155	1806	1807 See 138	1808
*1810 See 150	1811 See 139, 179		1812 See (1852)	1813 See 131, 146	1814 See 126, 127, 176	1815
1820 See 161	1821		1822 See 124	1823	1824	1825
1830 = 1820 See 161	1831		1832 See 123, 124	1833 See 121	1834 See 163	1835 See 182
1840	1841		1842 See 1835	1843 See 124, 1836	1844	1845 = 1822 See 124
1850	1851		1852	1853 See 122	1854 = 1806	1855
1860	1861		1862 See 126, 127	1863	1864	1865 = 2021 See 144
1870 = 1820 See 160, 161	1871		1872 = 1842? See 182	1873 = 1803	1874	1875
1880	1881		1882 See 150, 162	1883 See 124	1884 = 1834 See 163, 182	1885 See 132, 144
1890 See 130, 158	1891 See 131?, 147?		1892 See 132?	1893	1894 = 1822 See 124	1895 See 144
1900 See 146	1901		1902	1903 See 157, 182	1904	1905 = 1803
1910 See 174		1911 See 174	1912 See 141	1913 = 1834 1884	1914	1915
1920		1921	1922 See 123	1923 See 124	1924	1925
1930		1931	1932 = 1811-2?	1933	1934	1935 = 1884 See 182
1940 = 1862 See 126, 127		1941	1942	1943	1944 = 1922 See 123	1945 = 1923 See 124
1950 See 164		1951	1952	1953	1954	1955

* At and after this place, in vertical columns, 1810-1-2, 1820-1-2, 1830-1-2, 1840-1-2, and 1860-1-2 may be taken as 2 or 3 symbols. I have assumed them to be 3.

[center of Plate LVI]

	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965		1980	1981	1982
					1966				1983
									1984 See 131, 147
1816					1967
1826 See 122, 160					1968
1836 See 123					1969
1846 See 179					1970
1866 See 136?, 184?
1876
							1976*	1978*
							1977*	1979*
					1971 See 1802
					1972
					1973
	1975				1974

* These four each side of the main stem of the cross. 1976 = Ezanab—a Maya day.

PLATE LVI (right-hand side—Palenque Cross).

	2020 See 131, 147, 150	2021 See 144	2022	2023	2024 See 163	2025 = 123
	2030 See 132	2031 See 134, 146, 149	2032 See 1811, 1812	2033	2034 See 124	2035
	2040	2041	2042	2043 = 123	2044 See 131, 147	2045 See 132, 150
2000	2050	2051	2052	2053	2054	2055
2001 See 182	2060	2061	2062	2063	2064	2065
2002 = 122	2070	2071	2072	2073	2074	2075
2003 = 2021 See 130	2080	2081	2082	2083	2084	2085
2004	2090	2091	2092	2093	2094	2095
2005	3000	3001	3002	3003	3004	3005
2006 See 1902, 1903	3010	3011	3012	3013	3014	3015
2007 See 182?	3020	3021	3022	3023	3024	3025
2008	3030	3031	3032	3033	3034	3035
2009	3040	3041	3042	3043	3044	3045
2010 See 184	3050	3051	3052	3053	3054	3055
2011 See 131, 2020	3060	3061	3062	3063	3064	3065
2012	3070	3071	3072	3073	3074	3075
2013	3080	3081	3082	3083	3084	3085
2014

[IV.]
IN WHAT ORDER ARE THE HIEROGLYPHS READ?

Before any advance can be made in the deciphering of the hieroglyphic inscriptions, it is necessary to know in what directions, along what lines or columns, the verbal sense proceeds.

All the inscriptions that I know of are in rectangular figures. At Copan they are usually in squares. At Palenque the longest inscriptions are in rectangles. At Palenque again, there are some cases where there is a single horizontal line of hieroglyphs over a pictorial tablet. Here clearly the only question is, do the characters proceed from left to right, or from right to left? In other cases as in the tablet of the cross, there are vertical columns. The question here is, shall we read up or down?