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Index
Admixture, 121, 142-143
Agriculture, 22-23, 132, 193-198, 282-284, 294
Almendáriz, Ricardo, 40, 42
Alvarez, Louis, 179
Alvarez, Walter, 179
Animals, 271-274, 282-284
Aqueduct, 59, 177, 182, 190-193
Aquifer, 24, 175-183, 298
Archaeology, 79-88, 122
Archaic Period, 27-28
Arches, 145-159
Architecture, 89-93
Art, 89-93
Asplin, Joseph, 113
Asplin, William, 113
Astronomy, 17, 65, 66-68, 75-76, 77, 284
Aztec culture, 20, 22, 37, 302
Blast furnace, 116-117, 126-129
Bernasconi, Antonio, 40
Berthoud, Henry, 42, 43
Bessemer, Henry, 116, 117
Bollen, David, 214
Brasseur, Charles, 55
Bridges, 74, 159, 231-269
Bronze Age, 82, 87
Building materials, 138-143
Building, 131-173
Calderón, José Antonio, 40
Calendars, 84
Canoe, 100, 197, 244, 285-292
Carnegie Institution, 211-212, 216-219, 226
Carter, Howard, 81
Cast-in-place concrete, 111-113, 121-124, 139-142, 148, 163-168, 172, 206
Castañeda, Jose Luciano, 41
Catherwood, Frederick, 46-47, 49, 52, 55, 81, 83, 92, 131-132, 203
Cement kiln, 116-129
Cement, 72, 139, 111-129
Cenotes, 179-183
Champollion, Jean Francois, 49, 56, 81
Charnay, Claude-Joseph Désiré, 52-53, 213
Chase, Arlen, 214
Childe, Vere Gordon, 86-87
Chultunes, 182, 183-187, 294
Circular structures, 164-167
City-states, growth of, 134-137
Civilization, definition of a, 86-88
Classic Period, 17, 18, 22, 27, 29-31, 35, 64-65, 74, 89, 97, 134-135, 141, 162, 181, 187, 193, 231-246, 271, 284-285, 287, 291, 293, 296, 301
Climate, 24, 175, 293-299, 301
Codices, the, 33-61
Coe, Michael, 56, 58, 60-61
Coe, Sophie, 60
Cogulludo, Diego Lopez, 212, 228
Cohen, J.M., 285
Columbus, Christopher, 285, 286, 291
Concrete, 111-129, 139, 140, 142
Construction, 112-114, 131-173
Cortés, Hernán, 32, 33-34, 43-44, 55
Cosmic philosophy. 63-67, 75-78, 85
De la Vega, Garcilaso, 233
De Landa, Diego, 35-37, 55, 61, 176, 212
De Lizana, Bernardo, 212
De Montejo, Francisco, 34, 302
De Sahagun, Bernardino, 42
De Zorita, Alonso, 35
Del Castillo, Bernan Diaz, 33-34
Del Rio, Don Antonio, 40, 41, 42
Diamond, Jared, 282
Diaz, Heribito, 122, 124
Dion, Jim, 249
Dray animals, 273, 282
Dresden Codex, 43-45, 67
Drought, 177-178, 163, 187, 293-299, 301
Dupaix, Guïllermo, 41, 42
Eisen, Gustavus, 56
Encomienda system, 303
Environment, 24-26, 64
Estachería, Joseph, 40, 41
Failure of technology, 297-299, 301
FAMSI, 213, 214, 228
Fischer, Heinrich, 98
FitzSimons, Neal, 269
Folan, William, 213-214
Foshaq, Robert, 98
Geology, 24, 93-99
Gill, Richardson, 296, 298
Goodman, Joseph T., 56
Goodyear, Charles, 143
Grube, Nicholi, 61
Harris, Vernon, 247
Hellmuth, Nicholas, 219, 255, 262
Henequen, 142, 233, 235-237, 256, 303
Hernandez, Juan Martinez, 56
Highway system, 205-230
History Channel, 104-105, 126-129, 267-268, 318
Houston, Steven, 61
Hunter, Annie, 53-54
Inca, bridges and, 233
Infrastructure, 20, 29-30, 70, 72, 111, 114, 133, 135-136, 237, 294
Iron Age, 82, 87
Ixchel, 227
Jadeite, 20, 26, 28, 34, 72, 88, 93, 95-110
Kiln, cement, 116-129
Klinefelter, Philippe, 100-110, 126-129, 253, 286-287
Knorosov, Yuri Velantinovich, 59-61
Labboch, John, 82
Latex, 142
Latour-Allard, Francois, 42
Le Plongeon, Augustus, 54, 203, 204
Leslie, Robert, 98
Limestone, 24-26, 72, 86, 93, 107, 109-121, 126-129, 139-140, 150, 152, 172, 176, 178-179, 185, 195, 200-204,
Long Count calendar, 56, 78
Loundsbury, Floyd, 61
Maler, Teobert, 54-55
Mas, Theodoro, 262
Mathematics, 18, 69-70, 71, 76-77, 284
Mathews, Jennifer, 213, 228
Maudslay, Alfred, 53-54, 55, 56, 57, 84, 203, 251
Maya arch, 145-159
Maya cement, 111-129
Maya tools, 95-110
Megafauna, 271-272
Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 84-85, 213
Multistory structures, 163-164
Muybridge, Eadweard, 236
Nautical transportation, 284-292
New Spain, 33-38, 39-43
Olmec culture, 20, 28
Palaces, 173
Paleo-Indian Period, 27
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br /> Peck, Douglas T., 287
Perez, Ramiro, 122
Petennude, Paul, 286
Pinto, Victor, 213
Pleistocene Era, 271
Popol Vuh, 55
Portland cement, 112-114, 121-125
Pre-Classic Period, 28, 76, 132-133, 134, 295
Proskouriakoff, Tatiana, 57-58
Pyramids, 169-171
Rafinesque, Constantine, 52, 56
Ramirez, Horatio, 122, 124
Reinescke, Paul, 82
Religion, 34-37
Reservoirs, 74, 139, 177, 182-190, 199-202
Ridinger, Jay, 99
Ridinger, Mary Lou, 99, 107
Ridnour, Tammy, 247, 248
Roman Empire, 79, 112-113, 140-150, 209-211, 280
Roof combs, 167-169
Roy, Lawrence, 122, 158, 213, 228
Sacbe, 205-230
Schele, Linda, 61
Schliemann, Heinrich, 81
Sculpture, 89, 91-93, 106-107
Sever, Tom, 181-182
Shook, Edward, 213, 228
Skywatching, 64-65, 66-67
Spanish conquest, 32, 33-38, 98, 131, 211, 271, 292, 302
Spenden, Herbert J., 84
Stephens, John Lloyd, 46-47, 49, 52, 55, 81, 83, 92, 131-132, 203, 212-213, 234-235
Stimmel, Carl, 219
Stone Age, 79, 82-85, 92-93, 101, 247
Structures, circular, 164-167
Structures, multistory, 163-164
Stuart, David, 61
Stuart, George, 213
Stucco, 140-141
Suspension bridges, 142, 174, 231-236, 253-268
Tate, Caroline, 258-260
Technology, failure of, 297-299, 301
Thompson, Eric, 56-58, 60-61, 85
Thomsen, Christian Jorgensen, 81-82
Three-age system, 81-83, 85
Thrust beam, 149-158
Timber, 141-142
Time, 65-66, 69
Toltec culture, 20, 22, 31-32, 301
Towers, 131-173
Transportation, 17, 74, 75, 205-230, 271-292
Tumpline, 274-279
Urban centers, 13-17, 22, 30, 78, 87, 133, 136-138, 181
Van Stone, Mark, 61, 73
Vaults, 159-163
Villa, Alfonso, 211, 215-219, 225-226
Von Humboldt, Alexander, 45
Waldeck, Jean Frederick, 42, 43
Water filter, 200-204
Water management, 17, 20-26, 76, 135, 175-204
Weidie, A.E., 213, 228
Wheels, 273-274
Writing system, 18, 37, 49, 52, 59, 70, 85
Xenophobia, 39-43
Zapatista rebels, 262