. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. T1IK AZTECS 227 thai form the nominal endings. Thus, the picture of water, atl, becomes the sign for the sound a, that of stone tetl is cut down to the syllable te. Several of these syllable pictures are combined to represent a whole Fig. 78. Aztccan Numbers and Objects of Commerce: a, 1; b, 20; c, 400; d, 8,000; e, ten faces carved from precious stone; /, twenty bags of cochineal dye; g, one hundred bales of cocoa; h, four hundred bales of cotton; i, four hundred jars of honey of tuna;
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. T1IK AZTECS 227 thai form the nominal endings. Thus, the picture of water, atl, becomes the sign for the sound a, that of stone tetl is cut down to the syllable te. Several of these syllable pictures are combined to represent a whole Fig. 78. Aztccan Numbers and Objects of Commerce: a, 1; b, 20; c, 400; d, 8,000; e, ten faces carved from precious stone; /, twenty bags of cochineal dye; g, one hundred bales of cocoa; h, four hundred bales of cotton; i, four hundred jars of honey of tuna; j, eight thousand leaf bundles of copal gum; 1c, twenty baskets each containing sixteen hundred ground cacao nibs; I, four hundred and two blankets. The hieroglyphs of the twenty days of the month (see Fig. 76) are frequently represented, but those of the eighteen months are not nearly so well known. As for the gods, the faces are usually pictured, espe- cially when these are grotesque, but sometimes de- tails of dress or an object connected with a special ceremony is sufficient to recall the divinity. The Mexican system of numbers was based on Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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