Stratification of Remains. The Cemetery under the Lava. Invention of Agriculture. Archaic Figurines. Ancient Customs. Archaic Pottery. Stone Sculptures of the Archaic Period. Extensions of the Archaic Horizon.
Architecture. Massive Sculptural Art. Minor Arts. The Serpent in Mayan Art. The Human Figure. Design. Composition, and Perspective. The Mayan Pantheon. How Mayan History has been Recovered. Sequences in Art. Books of Chilam Balam. The Mayan Time Counts. Elements of the Day Count. The Conventional Year. The Calendar Round. Mayan Numbers. The Long Count. Dates of Dedication. Hieroglyphs. Codices. Correlation with Christian Chronology. The Mayan Eras. Astronomical Checks on the Correlation. Astronomical Observatories. The True Year. The Lunar Calendar. Venus Calendar. Summary of Mayan History.
The Olmeca or Rubber People. Zapotecan Culture. Mitla. Totonacan Culture. The Toltecs. Quetzalcoatl and the Toltec Era. San Juan Teotihuacan. Xochicalco. Tula. Cholula. The Frontier Cities of the Northwest. Santa Lucia Cozumalhualpa. The Chorotegan Culture. Isthmian Gold Work.
Mayas and Aztecs compared to Greeks and Romans. The Chichimecas. Aztecan History. Social Organization. The Tecpan or Temple Enclosure. The Calendar Stone. Stone of Tizoc. Contlicue. Mexican Writing. Aztecan Religion. Conceptions of the Universe. Ceremonies. Poetry and Music. Minor Aztecan Arts. The Tarascans. Southern Mexico. Aztecan Influence in Central America.
