An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs

Feathered Serpent (god), nature 16-17

Fiber-paper books. See Codices.

Fish, used in introducing glyph 65-66, 188

Five-tun period. See Hotun.

Förstemann, Prof. Ernst—

cited 26, 137

investigations iii, 265, 276

methods of solving numerals 134

on hieroglyphics 30

on prophetic dates 272

Full-figure glyphs—

nature 67-68, 188-191

plate showing 188

See also Time periods.

Funeral customs, description 11-12

Future life, belief as to 19

Glyph block, definition, 156

Glyphs. See Hieroglyphs.

Gods, nature, 16-19

Goodman, J. T.—

chronologic tables of, 134

cited, 2, 44, 116-117, 123

investigation, iii-iv

on introducing glyph, 66

on length of great cycle, 108

on Supplementary Series, 152

Government, nature, 12-16

Great Cycle—

length, 135

number of cycles in, 107-114

Haab (solar year)—

first day, 52-56

glyph, 47

nature, 44-51

position of days in, 48, 52-58

subdivisions, 45

Habitat of the Maya, 1-2

map, 1

Hair, method of dressing, 7

Halach Uinic (chief), powers, 12-13

Hand, used as ending sign, 101-102

Head-variant numerals—

antiquity, 73, 102-103

characteristics, 97-103

derivation, 74

discovery, iii

explanation, 24-25, 87, 96-104

forms, 96-104

value, 103

identification, 96-103

parallel to Arabic numerals, 87

plates showing, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179, 180

use of, in time-period glyphs, 67-74, 104

See also Full-figure glyphs.

Hewett, Dr. E. L., cited 164, 192

Hieroglyphs—

antiquity, iii, 2

proofs, 173, 175

character, iv, 26-30

classification, 26

decipherment, 23-25, 31, 249-250

errors in interpretation, 154-155

errors in original text, 245-250

methods, 134-155

inversion of significance, 211

mat pattern, 191-194

materials inscribed upon, 22

modifications, 23-25

order of reading, 23, 129, 133, 135, 136-138, 156, 170, 268

original errors, 245-250

progress, iv, 250

symmetry, 23-24, 88-91, 128

textbooks, vii

See also Numerals.

Hieroglyphs, closing, use, 101-102, 152-153, 170

Hieroglyphs, introducing, use in dating, 64-68

History—

codices containing, 32-33

dates, 179, 221-222, 228-229, 249-250

decipherment, iv-v, 26, 250

dates only, 249-250

outline, 2-7

recording, methods, 33-36

Hodge, F. W., letter of transmittal, iii-v

Holmes, W. H., cited, 196

Hospitality, customs, 10

Hotun period, 166

Hunting, division of spoils, 9

Ideographic writing, argument for 27-28

Ikonomatic writing, nature 28-29

Initial-series dating—

bar and dot numbers in, examples, 157-167, 176-180

plates showing, 157, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179

disuse, 84-85, 199

examples, interpretation, 157-222, 233-240

plates showing, 157, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179, 180, 187, 188, 191, 207, 210, 213, 218, 220, 233, 235, 248

explanation, 63-74, 147-148

head-variant numbers, examples, 167-176, 180-188

plates showing, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179, 180

introducing glyph, identification by, 136

irregular forms of, examples, 191-194, 203-207

order of reading, 129, 136-138, 170, 268

position of month signs in, 152-154

reference to Long Count, 147-151

regular forms of, interpretation, 157-191

replacement by u kahlay katunob dating, 84-85

starting point, 108, 109, 113-114, 125-126, 136, 159, 162, 203-207

used in codices, 266

examples, 266-273

plate showing, 266

used on monuments, 85

Inscriptions on monuments—

cycles in, numbering, 108-113

date of, contemporaneous, 179, 194, 203, 209-210, 213, 220-222

date of carving, usual, 194

day signs in, 38

errors, 245-250

historical dates, 179

interpretation, 33-35

examples, 156-250

method, 134-155

length of great cycle used in, 107-114

numeration glyphs. See Numerals.

See also Monuments; Stelæ.

Introducing glyph—

lack, 208

nature, 64-68, 125-127, 136, 157-158

Inverted Glyph, meaning, 211

Itzamna (god), nature, 16

Justice, rules of, 9

Katun (time period)—

glyph, 68-69

identification in u kahlay katunob, 79-82

length, 62, 135

monument erected to mark end, 250

naming, 80-82

series of, 79-86

use of, in Period-ending dates, 222-225

Kin. See Day.

Kukulcan (god), nature, 16-17

Labor, customs, 9

Landa, Bishop Diego de—

biography, 7

on Maya alphabet, 27

on Maya calendar, 42, 44, 45, 84

on Maya customs, 7, 13-14, 19

on Maya records, 34, 36

Landry, M. D., investigations, 194

Leyden Plate, interpretation, 179, 194-198

Literature, list, xv-xvi

See also Bibliography.

Long Count—

date fixing in, 147-151, 240-245

nature, 60-63

See also Chronology.

Maize God, nature, 18

Maler, Teobert—

cited, 162, 166, 170, 176, 177, 178, 207, 210, 224, 226, 227, 231

on Altar 5 at Tikal, 244

Manners and customs, description, 7-21

Marriage Customs, 8-9

Mars-solar period, relation to tonalamatl, 278

Mat pattern of glyphs, 191-194

Maudslay, A. P.—

cited 157, 167, 169, 170, 171, 173, 175, 179, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 203, 205, 213, 215, 218, 220, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 235, 240, 242

on zero glyph, 93

Maya, surviving tribes, 1-2

Maya, Southern—

cities, 2-4

occupancy of, diagram showing, 15

government, 15-16

rise and fall, 2-4

Mayapan (city)—

history, 4-6

mortuary customs, 12

time records, 33-34

Military customs, nature 10-11

Minus sign. See Backward sign.

Month. See Uinal.

Monuments—

age, 249-250

date of erection, 179, 194, 203, 209-210, 213, 220-222

historical dates on, 179

period-marking function, 33-35, 249-250

texts. See Inscriptions.

See also Stelæ.

Moon, computation of revolutions, 32

Morley, S. G., on Books of Chilan Balam, 3

Mythology, dates, 179, 180, 194, 228