Category: History - Ancient

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.

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In the midst of an earthen tripod, surrounded by smoke and flames, we perceive a small disk of a yellow color. Our attention is called to the peculiar mark imprinted on the surf...

7. Part 7

Señor Perez is thus far the only interpreter of the Maya Manuscript, and his Spanish text found a skilful translator in Mr. John L. Stephens. Neither the Spanish text nor the sp...

3. Part 3

There existed also a town, in which carpenter’s work was the chief occupation of the inhabitants. This is to be inferred from the coat of arms belonging to the town of Tlaximalo...

8. Part 8

In section 10 the 6th Ahau follows the 8th correctly, and the 4th, 2d, 13th and 11th Ahaues were passed in internal wars between Chichen-Itza and Mayalpan. In the 11th Ahau a hi...

4. Part 4

_Torquemada_ (Fray Juan de) Monarquia Indiana, Madrid, 1613, Vol. II., Book 13, Chapter 1. “The goldsmiths did not possess the tools necessary for hammering metals, but with one...

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5. Part 5

§1. Cante bin ti Katun lic u §1. Four epochs were spent in ximbalob ca uliob uaye yetel Holon travelling, before they arrived Chantepeuh yetel u cuchulob: ca here with Holonchan...

1. Part 1

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9. Part 9

As long as such hopes fail of realization, we must be satisfied with the slight, but yet important, contribution offered us in the manuscript. We may complain of its brevity, ye...