XIX. Totonac: Pottery from the Id. of Sacrificios 198 XX. Maya: Stela 14, Piedras Negras 226 XXI. Maya: Stela H, Copan 236 XXII. Maya: Stone Lintel, Menché 294 XXIII. Maya: Stela 24, Naranjo 302 XXV. Maya: Building at Sayil 332 Temple at Tikal 332 XXVI. Maya: Sculptured Monolith P., Quirigua 338 Plan of Ruins at Copan 338 XXVII. Maya: Ruins at Palenque 342 XXVIII. Maya: Temple of the Ball-court, and “Castillo,” Chichen Itza 348 XXIX. Maya: Restoration of Ball-court Temple 350 Building of the “Monjas” Group 350 XXX. Maya: The “House of the Governor,” Uxmal 358 PLATE IN LINE XXIV. Maya: Design on a Pottery Vase 310 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT FIGURE PAGE 1. Map of the Valley of Mexico 13 2. The Aztec migration (Boturini MS.) 15 3. Various Mexican deities, from MSS. 34 4. Various Mexican deities, from MSS. 35 5. Mexican methods of sacrifice (Zouche MS.) 41 6. The moon (Borgia MS.) 52 7. Mexican day-signs (Fejérváry-Mayer MS.) 60 8. Key to the Mexican Calendar Stone 74 9. Mexican priests making fire (Zouche MS.) 75 10. Tree of the West (Borgia MS.) 79 11. Stone relief from Huilocintla 83 12. Detail from the Telleriano-Remensis MS. 87 13. Plan of the palace at Tezcoco 89 14. Mexican mummies prepared for burial 104 15. Stone relief from Tlacolula 106 16. Stone relief from Guerrero 107 17. Mexican warriors (Mendoza MS.) 113 18. Articles of tribute (Mendoza MS.) 118 19. Mexican stone and obsidian implements 135 20. Mexican stone axes 137 21. Totonac stone “yoke” 139 22. Mixtec stone figurines 140