Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery
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Identifier
101
Medium
Photograph
Date Created
11-1984
Country
Mexico
State
Chiapas
Cultures
Maya Civilization
Periods
Late Preclassic to Early Postclassic
Keywords
Palenque site (Mexico)--Antiquities; Maya architecture--Mexico--Palenque (Chiapas);
Description
Palenque, Temple of the Cross.
Copyright
©1984 Carl L. Thurman
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Type
Image
File Format
image/tiff
Recommended Citation
Thurman, Carl L., "Palenque [photo 09]" (1984). Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery. 101.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/101
Keywords
Palenque site (Mexico)--Antiquities; Maya architecture--Mexico--Palenque (Chiapas);
Comments
The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD. It is located near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 81 miles south of Ciudad del Carmen. It contains some of the finest architecture, sculpture, roof comb and bas-relief carvings that the Mayas produced. It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its significance.