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.

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