Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^ 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,
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^ 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 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. PAINTED CLAY IMAGE OF THE GOD MACUIL XOCh SELER COLLECTION, ROYAL BULLETIN 28, PLATE XLII
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