Palenque

Palenque

Collage of Palenque.
Location within Mesoamerica
Alternate name	Bàak', Lakamha
Location	Chiapas, Mexico
Region	Chiapas
Coordinates	17°29′2.32″N 92°2′46.78″W
History
Periods	Late Preclassic to Early Postclassic
Cultures	Maya civilization
Site notes
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Criteria	Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv
Reference	411
Inscription	1987 (11th Session)
Area	1,772 ha
The city of Palengue also is home to The Temple of Inscriptions, inside lies the sarcophagus of Pacal the Great.

Palenque (Bàak' in Modern Maya) is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is a medium-sized site, much smaller than large sites like Tikal or Copán. It does, however, contain good examples of architecture, sculpture, roof comb and bas-relief carvings of the Maya time Archived 2022-07-05 at the Wayback Machine.

References

• Stuart, David (2005) The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque. Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute. ISBN 0-934051-10-0

Other websites

• Maya Explorations Center.
• Unaahil B'aak: The Temples of Palenque (Wesleyan University) Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - Contains a learning objects program, panoramas, 3D models, and glyphs and translations.
• Mesoweb's Palenque resources
• The Tablet Of The 96 Hieroglyphs
• The Ruins of Palenque: bilingual essay with audio
• Drawings of the Palenque site from the Antonio del Rio 1784 expedition
• Estimating Palenque's population on Mesoweb (PDF)