The foregoing examples cover, in a general way, the material presented in the codices; there is, however, much other matter which has not been explained here, as unfitted to the needs of the beginner. To the student who wishes to specialize in this field of the glyphic writing the writer recommends the treatises of Prof. Ernst Förstemann as the most valuable contribution to this subject. * * * * * {279} INDEX ABBREVIATION IN DATING, use, 222, 252 ADDITION, method, 149 ADULTERY, punishment, 9-10 AGUILAR, S. DE, on Maya records, 36 AHHOLPOP (official), duties, 13 AHKULEL (deputy-chief), powers, 13 AHPUCH (god), nature, 17 ALPHABET, nonexistence, 27 AMUSEMENTS, nature, 10 ARABIC SYSTEM OF NUMBERS, Maya parallel, 87, 96 ARCHITECTURE, development, 5 ARITHMETIC, system, 87-155 ASCENDING SERIES, texts recording 276-278 ASTRONOMICAL COMPUTATIONS-- accuracy, 32 in codices, 31-32, 276-278 AZTEC-- calendar, 58-59 ikomomatic hieroglyphics, 29 rulership succession, 16 BACKWARD SIGN-- glyph, 137 use, 137, 268 BAKHALAL (city), founding, 4 BAR, numerical value, 87-88 BAR AND DOT NUMERALS-- antiquity, 102-103 examples, plates showing, 157, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179 form and nature, 87-95 BATAB (chief), powers, 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY, xv-xvi BOWDITCH, C. P.-- cited, 2, 45, 65, 117, 134, 203 on dating system, 82-83, 214-215, 272 on hieroglyphics, 30, 33, 71 on Supplementary Series, 152 works, vii-viii BRINTON, _Dr._ D. G.-- error by, 82 on hieroglyphics, 3, 23, 27-28, 30, 33 on numerical system, 91