Initial Series known (in the early part of Cycle 8) 195 74. The introducing glyph (?) of the Initial Series on the Tuxtla Statuette 196 75. Drawings of the Initial Series: _A_, On the Leyden Plate; _B_, on a lintel from the Temple of the Initial Series, Chichen Itza 197 {xiv} 76. The Cycle-10 Initial Series from Quen Santo 200 77. Initial Series which proceed from a date prior to 4 Ahau 8 Cumhu, the starting point of Maya chronology 204 78. The Initial Series on Stela J, Quirigua 215 79. The Secondary Series on Stela J, Quirigua 216 80. Glyphs which may disclose the nature of the events that happened at Quirigua on the dates: _a_, 9. 14. 13. 4. 17 12 Caban 5 Kayab; _b_, 9. 15. 6. 14. 6 6 Cimi 4 Tzec 221 81. The Initial Series, Secondary Series, and Period-ending date on Altar S, Copan 232 82. The Initial Series on Stela E (east side), Quirigua 236 83. Calendar-round dates 241 84. Texts showing actual errors in the originals 245 85. Example of first method of numeration in the codices (part of page 69 of the Dresden Codex) 275 * * * * * {xv} BIBLIOGRAPHY AGUILAR, SANCHEZ DE. 1639. Informe contra idolorum cultores del Obispado de Yucatan. Madrid. (Reprint in _Anales Mus. Nac. de Mexico_, VI, pp. 17-122, Mexico, 1900.) BOWDITCH, CHARLES P. 1901 a. Memoranda on the Maya calendars used in the Books of Chilan Balam. _Amer. Anthr._, n. s., III, No. 1, pp. 129-138, New York. ---- 1906. The Temples of the Cross, of the Foliated Cross, and of the Sun at Palenque. Cambridge, Mass. ---- 1909. Dates and numbers in the Dresden Codex. _Putnam Anniversary Volume_, pp. 268-298, New York. ---- 1910. The numeration, calendar systems, and astronomical knowledge of the Mayas. Cambridge, Mass. BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG, C. E. 1869-70. Manuscrit Troano. Études sur le système graphique et la langue des Mayas. 2 vols. Paris. BRINTON, DANIEL G. 1882 b. The Maya chronicles. Philadelphia. (No. 1 of _Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature_.) ---- 1894 b. A primer of Mayan hieroglyphics. _Pubs. Univ. of Pa._, Ser. in Philol., Lit., and Archeol., III, No. 2. BULLETIN 28 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1904: Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history. Twenty-four papers by Eduard Seler, E. Förstemann, Paul Schellhas, Carl Sapper, and E. P. Dieseldorff. Translated from the German under the supervision of Charles P. Bowditch. COGOLLUDO, D. L. 1688. Historia de Yucathan. Madrid.