Produced by Richard Tonsing, Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) MEXICAN COPPER TOOLS: THE USE OF COPPER BY THE MEXICANS BEFORE THE CONQUEST; AND THE KATUNES OF MAYA HISTORY, A CHAPTER IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PIO PEREZ MANUSCRIPT. BY PHILIPP J. J. VALENTINI, PH.D. [TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, BY STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.] WORCESTER, MASS.: PRESS OF CHARLES HAMILTON. 1880. [PROCEEDINGS OF AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, APRIL 29, AND OCTOBER 21, 1879.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. PAGE. MEXICAN COPPER TOOLS 5 THE KATUNES OF MAYA HISTORY 45 NOTE BY COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION 47 _Introductory Remarks_ 49 _The Maya Manuscript and Translation_ 52 _History of the Manuscript_ 55 _Elements of Maya Chronology_ 60 _Table of the 20 Days of the Maya Month_ 62 _Table of the 18 Months of the Maya Year_ 63 _Table of Maya Months and Days_ 64 _Translation of the Manuscript by Señor Perez_ 75 _Discussion of the Manuscript_ 77 _Concluding Remarks_ 92 _Sections of the Perez Manuscript Expressed in Years_ 96 _Table of Maya Ahaues Expressed in Years_ 100 _Results of the Chronological Investigation_ 102 Illustrations. PAGE. COPPER AXES IN THE ARMS OF TEPOZTLA, TEPOZTITLA AND 12 TEPOZCOLULA COPPER AXES, THE TRIBUTE OF CHILAPA 13 COPPER AXES AND BELLS, THE TRIBUTE OF CHALA 14 MEXICAN GOLDSMITH SMELTING GOLD 18 YUCATAN COPPER AXES 30 COPPER CHISEL FOUND IN OAXACA 33