HAAB (solar year)-- first day, 52-56 glyph, 47 nature, 44-51 position of days in, 48, 52-58 subdivisions, 45 HABITAT OF THE MAYA, 1-2 map, 1 HAIR, method of dressing, 7 HALACH UINIC (chief), powers, 12-13 HAND, used as ending sign, 101-102 HEAD-VARIANT NUMERALS-- antiquity, 73, 102-103 characteristics, 97-103 derivation, 74 discovery, iii explanation, 24-25, 87, 96-104 forms, 96-104 value, 103 identification, 96-103 parallel to Arabic numerals, 87 plates showing, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179, 180 use of, in time-period glyphs, 67-74, 104 _See also_ FULL-FIGURE GLYPHS. HEWETT, _Dr._ E. L., cited 164, 192 HIEROGLYPHS-- antiquity, iii, 2 proofs, 173, 175 character, iv, 26-30 classification, 26 decipherment, 23-25, 31, 249-250 errors in interpretation, 154-155 errors in original text, 245-250 methods, 134-155 inversion of significance, 211 mat pattern, 191-194 materials inscribed upon, 22 modifications, 23-25 order of reading, 23, 129, 133, 135, 136-138, 156, 170, 268 original errors, 245-250 progress, iv, 250 symmetry, 23-24, 88-91, 128 textbooks, vii _See also_ NUMERALS. HIEROGLYPHS, CLOSING, use, 101-102, 152-153, 170 HIEROGLYPHS, INTRODUCING, use in dating, 64-68 HISTORY-- codices containing, 32-33 dates, 179, 221-222, 228-229, 249-250 decipherment, iv-v, 26, 250 dates only, 249-250 outline, 2-7 recording, methods, 33-36 HODGE, F. W., letter of transmittal, iii-v HOLMES, W. H., cited, 196 HOSPITALITY, customs, 10 HOTUN PERIOD, 166 HUNTING, division of spoils, 9