I Ilhuicatl, inferior heavens, 233. Imix, day sign, Mayan, 87; first day of formal permutation, 114. Incense burners, Lacandone, 41. Incised designs on pottery, 88. Influence, Aztecan, in Central America, 248-249; Mayas, on other civilizations, 170; Mexican, in northern Yucatan, 150. Initial Series dates, 123, 124, 135, 141, 149. Inscriptions, hieroglyphic, 103; hieroglyphic, on Mayan monuments, 123-125; Mayan, face numerals on, 121; Mayan, Great Period, 141-148; Mayan, typical, 122. Invention of agriculture, in the New World, 45, 51-53, 67, 251. Irrigation, in the New World, 17, 52-53, 63. Itzamna, 99, 103, 116. Ixchel, Goddess of the Rainbow, 103. Ixtapalapan, 26. Ixtubtun, Mayan goddess, 103.
J Jade, carving of, Mayan, 89; Zapotecan, 160; work in, Aztec, 243. Jaguar design, Chorotegan art, 191, 193.
K Kan, day sign, Mayan, 88; maize sign, 135. Katun, defined, 110, 120. Kukulcan, 150.
L Lacandone Indians, 35, 41, 151. Lakes, Mexico and Central America, 17, 18-19. Land laws, Aztecan, 211. Language, Toltecan, 170; Totonacan, 165. Languages, Central America, 239; Mexico and Central America, 32-36. La Quemada, 182, 183. League, Aztecan, 209; of Mayapan, 145, 149. Leyden Plate, 146. Lienzo of Amoltepec, 246. Linguistic stocks, Mexico and Central America, 32-36. Lintels, Mayan sculptured, 83, 97; Zapotecan, with hieroglyphs, 159. Long count, Mayan, 123, 141. Long-nosed God, Mayan, 98, 100, 101, 160, 232. Lunar, calendar, Mayan, 112, 140-142. Lunar-solar calendar, Mayan, 112.
M Macuilxochitl, God Five Flower, 248. Maize God, Mayan, 99, 100, 103. Maize, distribution of use, 52; most important food of the New World, 52; staple, in Mayan region, 75. Manikin Scepter, 93, 99, 100. Manioc, cultivation of, 52; use and preparation by Carib, 43. Marimba, origin of, 242. Mask panels, on Mayan structures, 84, 159. Matlatzincas, 245. Mayan civilization, 73-151; linguistic stock, distribution of, 35-36. Mayas, and Aztecs, compared to Greeks and Romans, 201-203. Mazatecas, 189. Medicines, 253. Metal, ornaments made of, Mayan, 89; working, technology of, 251-252; Zapotecan, 145. Metates, elaborately sculptured, 193. Metonic cycle, Greeks, 140. Mexican, Hall, American Museum, 5-6; influence, period of, in Mayan history, 149-150. Mexitin, 34. Mictlan, 163, 233, 234. Mictlanteuctli, Lord of Death, 233-234. Middle Period, in Mayan history, 147. Migrations, Aztecan, 205-207; indicated by distribution of linguistic stocks, 35-36. Mitla, 19, 156-157, 163-165, 246. Mixtecan stock, 35. Mixtecas, 156, 246. Moctezuma, 25, 26, 27, 215, 245. Modeling, archaic figurines, 53, 55-57; archaic sculptures, 63; clay, San Juan Teotihuacan, 178. Modern Period, Mayan history, 150. _Mogotes_, Zapotecan burial mounds, 160. Monkey, in Chorotegan art, 190-191. Monte Alban, 152, 155, 156, 246. Month, Mayan, twenty day signs of, 113; signs, of Mayan year, 115; signs, Zapotecan, 159. Months, Aztecan, 227; Mayan, length of, 115; Mayan, names of, 115. Monuments, Mayan, dated, 123-125; sequence of Mayan determined by style of sculpture, 106-109. Moon, representations of the, 142. Mosaic, feather, Aztecan, 242; feather, Tarascan, 244; masks and ceremonial objects, 89. Mosquito Indians, 43. Mound, artificial, at Copan, 77, 147; at Cholula, 80; at Cuicuilco, 49, 51. Mounds, at Atzcapotzalco, 47; foundation for temples, 77; Mayan, 146; at Monte Alban, 152, 157; Tarascan, 244; Zapotecan, 160. Mountains, Mexico and Central America, 14-16. Music, Aztecan, 240-242. Musical instruments, Aztecan, 240-241. Mythology, Aztecan, 204, 217, 229, 232-233; Mayan and Aztecan, 229. Myths, cosmogonic, 232-233.
