. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. nscriptions Should be memoir treats chiefly of the inscription of the Cross, but doesnot touch upon its meaning, merely discussing the succession of thecharacters, a point which I had long since settled in my own mindand which Mr Gunckel also recognizes. We see, therefore, that little progress has been made hithertotoward comprehending the meaning of the Cross inscription. Butwe are fortunately enabled by the successful interpretation of theMaya numeral system and the discovery of the meaning of severalglyphs
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. nscriptions Should be memoir treats chiefly of the inscription of the Cross, but doesnot touch upon its meaning, merely discussing the succession of thecharacters, a point which I had long since settled in my own mindand which Mr Gunckel also recognizes. We see, therefore, that little progress has been made hithertotoward comprehending the meaning of the Cross inscription. Butwe are fortunately enabled by the successful interpretation of theMaya numeral system and the discovery of the meaning of severalglyphs to make a considerable advance in this direction. This progress results chiefly, however, from the observation thatthe inscriptions of the Maya region, excepting some short inscriptionson buildings and altars, are of two different kinds: (1) The so-called stelse, which, as a rule, display glyphs in pairs ofvertical rows, beginning at the top with a large number lying betweenone and one and a half millions, which, reckoned from the starting i 3UREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. PAINTED CLAY IMAGE OF THE GOD MACUIL XOCH SELER COLLECTION, ROYAL M«M0F ? BULLETIN 28, PLATE XLII
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