Transcriber’s Note

The table of “Names of the days in different calendars” was originally printed on two pages, with the page break following the line beginning “Men.” The repeated column headings have been omitted in this version of the text.

The following errors and inconsistencies have been maintained.

Misspelled words and typographical errors:

Page  Error
207 Charney should read Charnay
231 Quiche Cakchiquel should read Quiche-Cakchiquel
Plate LXIX The final . is missing
Index Cacao entry A . was used instead of a ,
Index Dresden entry Discussion of symbols, comma missing after 213
Index Imiz entry Imiz should read Imix
Index Phonetic entry Comma missing after 205
Index Seler entry phonetcism should read phoneticism

The following word was inconsistently spelled:

Zotzil / Zoztzil

The following words had inconsistent hyphenation:

cross-hatched / crosshatched
cuch-pach / cuchpach
Kinich-kakmo / Kinichkakmo

Other inconsistencies:

The abbreviation Dr is not usually followed by a . However, in the footnotes on pp. 208 and 224, it ends with a .