This page allows you to search for a particular word or concept represented in the codices. Examples of what you might search for include:

1. animals important to the Maya such as deer, jaguar, or turkey;
2. objects used in rituals and everyday life (e.g. incense, obsidian, pottery); or
3. astronomical bodies such as Venus or Mars, or seasonal events such as rain, drought, or solstice.

For those who have more specific inquiries, advanced searching allows you to focus on details of iconography, calendrical structure, and hieroglyphic texts. Advanced searching also allows you to combine the results of different searches, or narrow your results by searching only within the results of a previous search.