APPENDIX I. NAMES OF THE DAYS IN THE MEXICAN AND MAYAN CALENDARS 372 APPENDIX II. NAMES OF THE MONTHS IN THE MEXICAN AND MAYAN CALENDARS 373 INDEX 375 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE IN COLOURS PLATE I. Mexico: Human Skull, incrusted with mosaic, representing Tezcatlipoca _Frontispiece_ PLATES IN HALF-TONE FACING PAGE II. Mexico: Colossal Stone Head of Coyolxauhqui Stone Figure of Chalchiuhtlicue 22 III. Mexico: Colossal Stone Figure of Coatlicue 30 IV. Mexico: Stone Mask representing Xipe 38 V. Mexico: Stone Figure of Xochipilli 42 Stone with Figure of a Xiuhcoatl 42 VI. Mexico: Sculptured Stone Vase 50 Stone Figure of Quetzalcoatl 50 VII. Mexico: Stone Quauhxicalli 66 Stone Quauhxicalli in the form of an Ocelot 66 VIII. Mexico: The “Calendar Stone” 74 Stone Figure of an Octli God 74 IX. Mexico: Objects in Pottery 82 Maya: Pottery Figurines from Graves 82 X. Huaxtec: Stone Figure and Chest 108 Maya: Pottery Censer 108 XI. Mexico: Stone Rattle-snake and Jadeite Head 140 Maya: Jadeite Reliefs 140 Mixtec: Jadeite Relief 140 Zapotec: Gold Lip-pendant 140 XII. Mexico: Mounds at San Juan Teotihuacan 170 XIII. Mexico: Temple at Xochicalco, Present Condition and Restoration 172 XIV. Zapotec: Interior of Chamber at Mitla 174 Mexico: Temple at Tepoztlan 174 XV. Zapotec: Ruins at Mitla, partly restored 178 XVI. Totonac: Temple at Papantla 182 XVII. Mexico: Spear-thrower, _atlatl_ 188 Tarascan: Pottery from Guadalajara 188 Zapotec: Funerary Vases 188 XVIII. Mexico: Stone Sacrificial Knife 194 Totonac: Pottery from the Id. of Sacrificios 194