IDEOGRAPHIC WRITING, argument for 27-28 IKONOMATIC WRITING, nature 28-29 INITIAL-SERIES DATING-- bar and dot numbers in, examples, 157-167, 176-180 plates showing, 157, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179 disuse, 84-85, 199 examples, interpretation, 157-222, 233-240 plates showing, 157, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179, 180, 187, 188, 191, 207, 210, 213, 218, 220, 233, 235, 248 explanation, 63-74, 147-148 head-variant numbers, examples, 167-176, 180-188 plates showing, 167, 170, 176, 178, 179, 180 introducing glyph, identification by, 136 irregular forms of, examples, 191-194, 203-207 order of reading, 129, 136-138, 170, 268 position of month signs in, 152-154 reference to Long Count, 147-151 regular forms of, interpretation, 157-191 replacement by u kahlay katunob dating, 84-85 starting point, 108, 109, 113-114, 125-126, 136, 159, 162, 203-207 used in codices, 266 examples, 266-273 plate showing, 266 used on monuments, 85 INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENTS-- cycles in, numbering, 108-113 date of, contemporaneous, 179, 194, 203, 209-210, 213, 220-222 date of carving, usual, 194 day signs in, 38 errors, 245-250 historical dates, 179 interpretation, 33-35 examples, 156-250 method, 134-155 length of great cycle used in, 107-114 numeration glyphs. _See_ NUMERALS. _See also_ MONUMENTS; STELÆ. INTRODUCING GLYPH-- lack, 208 nature, 64-68, 125-127, 136, 157-158 INVERTED GLYPH, meaning, 211 ITZAMNA (god), nature, 16 JUSTICE, rules of, 9 KATUN (time period)-- glyph, 68-69 identification in u kahlay katunob, 79-82 length, 62, 135 monument erected to mark end, 250 naming, 80-82 series of, 79-86 use of, in Period-ending dates, 222-225 {282} KIN. _See_ DAY. KUKULCAN (god), nature, 16-17 LABOR, customs, 9 LANDA, BISHOP DIEGO DE-- biography, 7 on Maya alphabet, 27 on Maya calendar, 42, 44, 45, 84 on Maya customs, 7, 13-14, 19 on Maya records, 34, 36 LANDRY, M. D., investigations, 194 LEYDEN PLATE, interpretation, 179, 194-198 LITERATURE, list, xv-xvi See also BIBLIOGRAPHY. LONG COUNT-- date fixing in, 147-151, 240-245 nature, 60-63 See also CHRONOLOGY.