Chapter 24

Uinal—days,42first day,53glyph,94glyph,70-71length,45,62,135list,45names and glyphs for,48-51U Kahlay Katunob dating—accuracy,82antiquity,82-85explanation,79-86katun sequence,80-82order of reading,137replacement of Initial-series dating by,84-86Uxmal(city), founding,4Venus-Solar period—divisions,31-32relation to tonalamatl,32,277-278Vigesimal numeration—discovery,iiiexplanation,62-63,105-134possible origin,41used in codices,266-273Villagutiere, S. J., on Maya records,36War God, nature,17Weapons, character,10-11World, destruction, prophecy,32World Epoch, glyph,125-127Worship, practices,19-20Writing.SeeHieroglyphics; Numerals; Reading.Xaman Ek(god), nature18Yaxchilan(city)—lintel, error in,245-246Lintel 21, interpretation,207-210Stela 11, interpretation,176-177Structure 44, interpretation,177-178Year, Sacred, use in divination,251See alsoTonalamatl.Year, Solar.SeeHaab.Yucatan—colonization,3-4Spanish conquest,6-7water supply,1Yum Kaax(god), nature.18Zero—glyphs,92-95,101-102origin,93-94variants,93

Uinal—

days,42

first day,53

glyph,94

glyph,70-71

length,45,62,135

list,45

names and glyphs for,48-51

U Kahlay Katunob dating—

accuracy,82

antiquity,82-85

explanation,79-86

katun sequence,80-82

order of reading,137

replacement of Initial-series dating by,84-86

Uxmal(city), founding,4

Venus-Solar period—divisions,31-32relation to tonalamatl,32,277-278Vigesimal numeration—discovery,iiiexplanation,62-63,105-134possible origin,41used in codices,266-273Villagutiere, S. J., on Maya records,36

Venus-Solar period—

divisions,31-32

relation to tonalamatl,32,277-278

Vigesimal numeration—

discovery,iii

explanation,62-63,105-134

possible origin,41

used in codices,266-273

Villagutiere, S. J., on Maya records,36

War God, nature,17Weapons, character,10-11World, destruction, prophecy,32World Epoch, glyph,125-127Worship, practices,19-20Writing.SeeHieroglyphics; Numerals; Reading.

War God, nature,17

Weapons, character,10-11

World, destruction, prophecy,32

World Epoch, glyph,125-127

Worship, practices,19-20

Writing.SeeHieroglyphics; Numerals; Reading.

Xaman Ek(god), nature18

Yaxchilan(city)—lintel, error in,245-246Lintel 21, interpretation,207-210Stela 11, interpretation,176-177Structure 44, interpretation,177-178Year, Sacred, use in divination,251See alsoTonalamatl.Year, Solar.SeeHaab.Yucatan—colonization,3-4Spanish conquest,6-7water supply,1Yum Kaax(god), nature.18

Yaxchilan(city)—

lintel, error in,245-246

Lintel 21, interpretation,207-210

Stela 11, interpretation,176-177

Structure 44, interpretation,177-178

Year, Sacred, use in divination,251