PLATES PAGE Plate 1. a and b, Puma and squirrel from the frieze of the Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itzá. c, The four trees and birds set at the cardinal points to commemorate the previous destruction of the world. Sculptured panel of the Temple of the Wall Panels at Chichen Itzá. (After Ruppert.) Plate 2. Map of northern Yucatan according to the Book of Chilam. Balam of Chumayel 230-31 TEXT-FIGURES FIG. 1. a, Ah Muzencab, the Maya bee god. (After Lothrop.) b, A bee. (Codex Tro-Cortesianus, p. 83.) 2. Chac-xib-chac, the God Impersonator at Chichen Itzá. Fresco, Temple of the Warriors. Drawing by Ann Axtell Morris 3. Mexican warrior occupying the jaguar-seat. Fresco, Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itzá. (After Ann Axtell Morris.) 4. The drum and rattle of the katun resound. Fresco at Santa Rita, British Honduras. (After Gann.) 5. The Maya months, or uinals. (Chumayel MS.) 6. The armorial bearings of Yucatan. (Chumayel MS.) 7. Diagram showing the course of the sun in the heavens. (Chumayel MS.) 8. Diagram representing an eclipse of the sun. (Chumayel MS.) 9. Diagram explaining the cause of solar and lunar eclipses. (Chumayel MS.) 10. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 11. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 12. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 13. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 14. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 15. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 16. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 17. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 18. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 19. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 20. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 21. "The chiefs of the towns shall be seized because they are lacking in understanding." (Chumayel MS.) 22. The examining head-chief, or halach-uinic. (Chumayel MS.) 23. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 24. Lahun Chaan, associated with the planet Venus. (Dresden Codex, p. 47) 25. The names and symbols of God. (Chumayel MS.) 26. Death is. ruler over all. (Chumayel MS.) 27. A map of northern Yucatan. (Chumayel MS.) 28. The katun wheel. (Chumayel MS.) 29. The lords of the thirteen katuns. (Chumayel MS.) 30. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 31. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 32. The seven planets. (Chumayel MS.) 33. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 34. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 35. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 36. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 37. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 38. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 39. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 40. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 41. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 42. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 43. The lord of the katun. (Chumayel MS.) 44. Human sacrifice scene. Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itzá. (Restored by Ann Axtell Morris.) 45. Typical Itzá priest. Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itzá. (Drawing by Ann Axtell Morris.) 46. Typical Itzá sorcerer. Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itzá. (Drawing by Ann Axtell Morris.) 47. Temple of the Warriors frescos: a, coyote-fox; b, eagle. (After Ann Axtell Morris.) 48. Jaguar. Relief-carving at Chichen Itzá
