PALENQUE

pälāngˈkĕ, ancient city of the Maya in Chiapas, S Mexico, in the Usumacinta Valley. Its architectural elegance, adapted to tropical and topographical conditions, was a high point in the art of the Classic period. Stucco sculpturing and low-relief paneling reached their highest expression at Palenque. The Temple of Inscriptions, noted for its hieroglyphic tablets, is one of the best-preserved Mayan temples. Entablatures sloping inward and roofs slanting back to give a mansard effect show the great range of architectural concepts among the Maya. In 1952 an impressive tomb was uncovered under the Temple of the Inscriptions, demonstrating for the first time that the Maya pyramids served both as funerary structures and temple platforms. In recent years, many of the inscriptions at Palenque have been deciphered, revealing much of the dynastic history of the site. The texts at the Temple of Inscriptions indicate the tomb found there belongs to a leader named Pakal the Great, who ruled in a.d. 603–83.

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books on: Palenque  - 375 results

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The Maya Tropical Forest: People, Parks, and Ancient Cities
Book by James D. Nations; University of Texas Press, 2006
Subjects: Human Ecology--Yucataan Peninsula, Mayas--Ethnobotany, Mayas--Ethnozoology, Rain Forest Ecology--Yucataan Peninsula, Yucataan Peninsula--Environmental Aspects
Palenque lost a war to Bonampal< in AD 603, to Calal...coastal plains. By AD 900, even they had abandoned Palenque to the encroaching forest (A. Coe 2001:264). Today, Palenque is dominated by a half-dozen well-preserved...
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Formative Evaluation for Educational Technologies
Book by Barbara N. Flagg; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990
Subjects: Curriculum Evaluation--United States, Educational Technology--United States--Evaluation, Instructional Systems--United States--Design--Case Studies
OVERVIEW OF THE "PALENQUE" PROJECT The collaborating team envisioned...production and programming of the "Palenque" prototype as exploratory research...technical research, we have used the "Palenque" project as a vehicle for developing...
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Global News Access: The Impact of New Communications Technologies
Book by Carla Brooks Johnston; Praeger Publishers, 1998
Subjects: Democracy, Mass Media Policy, Mass Media--Influence, Mass Media--Technological Innovations
...father was a military man." Eventually, Palenque became involved in politics by starting...Paz, he said that his wife, Monica Palenque, would represent his political party...called "Insurgentes." In 1997, Palenque ran for president because he knew that...
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The World of the Ancient Maya
Book by John S. Henderson; Cornell University Press, 1997
Subjects: Mayas
...ed. 1974. Primera Mesa Redonda de Palenque . Pebble Beach, Calif.: Robert Louis...Iconography and Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III . Pebble Beach, Calif...Stevenson School. -----. 1980. Third Palenque Round Table, 1978 . Austin: University...
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Lightning Warrior: Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua
Book by Matthew G. Looper; University of Texas Press, 2003
Subjects: Maya Sculpture--Guatemala--Motagua River Valley, Mayas--Guatemala--Motagua River Valley--Antiquities, Mayas--Kings And Rulers, Motagua River Valley (Guatemala)--Antiquities, Quiriguaa Site (Guatemala), Stele (Archaeology)--Guatemala--Motagua River Valley
...G., and Linda Schele 1991 A War at Palenque during the Reign ofAh-Kan. Texas Notes...Initial Date of the Temple of the Cross at Palenque. In The Art, Iconography, and Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III, ed. Merle Greene Robertson...
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journal articles on: Palenque  - 54 results

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Black Rebels: the Cimarrons of Sixteenth-century Panama
Journal article by Ruth Pike; The Americas, Vol. 64, 2007
Subjects: Abolition of slavery, Armed forces, Economic history, Human trafficking, Isthmus, Labor force, Municipal government, Panama, Peace negotiations, Slave trade, Social classes
...Uraba, where they established the first palenque on the Isthmus of Panama. In 1532 they...One year after the destruction of the palenque at Acla there was an abortive black slave...cimarrons of the region to establish another palenque. Under their leader, a slave named...
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The American Traveller
Journal article by Richard O'Mara; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 74, 1998
Subjects: Books, Mayan civilization, Personal profiles, Stephens, John Lloyd (1805-52), Writers
...mysterious stone metropolises of Copan, Palenque, Uxmal, Chichen-Itza, and something...Waldeck, a fey character who explored Palenque in 1831, and wrote a not-tooaccurate...Rio, the first non-Indian to reach Palenque, in Chiapas, then a later account of...
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Afro-paraguayan Spanish: the Negation of Non-existence
Journal article by John M. Lipski Phd.; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 2, 2008
...the maroon village of San Basilio de Palenque, formed around 1600 when a group of...vernacular Spanish of San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. In previous centuries...my face really swollen San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia, vernacular Spanish cogio...
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A Borderland Colloquy: Altar Q, Copán, Honduras
Journal article by Adam Herring; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 87, 2005
Subjects: Copan Honduras, Historic artifacts, Mayan civilization, Memorials & monuments, Rites & ceremonies, Sculpture
...the ancient Maya lowlands-those of Palenque are best known to modern scholarship2...with mythological embellishment than the Palenque dynastic annals, more complete than...noblewoman of the lowland Maya dynasty of Palenque, Chiapas, and these blood ties to the...
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Social Organization and Disorganization in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
Journal article by Robert S. Carlsen; Ethnology, Vol. 35, 1996
Subjects: Guatemala--Social aspects, Mayas--Social aspects, Social structure--Guatemala
...body of evidence for this comes from Palenque, Mexico, a Late Classic period (c...Cohodas 1976:155). Motifs found in Palenque include sophisticated depictions of...argued that the figures depicted on the Palenque panels must be incarnations of the Hero...
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magazine articles on: Palenque  - 58 results

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Rescuing Regal Ruins: Inspired by His Archaeologist Father, a Passionate Entrepreneur Has Restored a Crumbling Mansion in the Yucatan to Its Past Glory
Magazine article by Sergio Ortiz; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 56, September 2004
Subjects: Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Mansions--Protection and preservation, Palenque (Ancient city), Palenque, Mexico--Buildings and facilities, Ruz, Jorge, Temples--Protection and preservation, Yucatan Peninsula--Buildings and facilities
...of the vast complex of Maya ruins in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, dwarfed by some...fathers gravesite. Its clear that visiting Palenque unleashes a flood of childhood memories...the unabashed self-promoter who ruled Palenque for most of his eighty years and built...
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Modern Tracks for Traditional Tunes
Magazine article by Mark Holston; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 57, July 2005
Subjects: Colombia-Palenque de San Basilio (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews, Ibero-Amerikanische Impressionen (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews, Marejada Feliz (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews, Renaissance Klassik Spanien Lateinamerika (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews, Sound recordings--Sound recording reviews, The Tenor's Passion (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews
...Modern Tracks for Traditional Tunes. by Mark Holston Colombia-Palenque de San Basilio (OCORA C 560187) Near the end of the seventeenth...where they established the independent Negro Republic of Palenque de San Basilio. The music traditions of the so-called Afro...
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Living Mayans: At Its Height, the Maya Civilisation Encompassed Numerous City-States Housing as Many as Ten Million People. Then, It Suddenly and Mysteriously Collapsed. Dominic Hamilton Sets out along the Popular Ruta Maya to Sample Its Spectacular Archaeological Legacy and Finds an Ancient Culture That Is Still Very Much Alive
Magazine article by Dominic Hamilton; Geographical, Vol. 78, May 2006
Subjects: Mayan culture--Analysis, Mayas--Demographic aspects, Mayas--Forecasts and trends
...ruins of Chichen Itza Uxmal, Copan and Palenque were published throughout Europe and...Across the border in Mexico, the ruins of Palenque, which share an equally enchanting forest...the mid-19th century. And it was at Palenque that one of the most important finds...
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A Tourist Guide to Chiapas
Magazine article by Rafael Sebastian Guillen Vicente; Monthly Review, Vol. 46, May 1994
Subjects: Chiapas, Mexico (State)--Political aspects, Imperialism--Analysis
...intersection take a left. No, dont go towards Palenque. Lets go to Chilon . . . pretty, no...intersection. Now to Ocosingo. . . Palenque? Are you sure? Okay, lets go. Yes...coffee, wood. Look, were already at Palenque. A quick tour of the city? Okay. Those...
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Win a Holiday for Two to Mexico, Guatemala and Belize
Magazine article by Carolyn Fry; Geographical, Vol. 73, November 2001
...pyramids, the road leads south to pristine Palenque, a Mayan site which stands in splendid...visit Chichen Itza. 3/4 Drive to Palenque; visit site 5/6 San Cristobal de las...American Indian towns and villages * Palenque and Tikal * Caribbean island of Caye...
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newspaper articles on: Palenque  - 23 results

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Tracking Old Favourites
Newspaper article by Gordon Lethbridge; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), March 7, 1999
...were the ruins of the ancient city of Palenque. Beyond the ruins tendrils of mist hung...ruins you cannot fail to be impressed by Palenque. El Palacio, or the palace, is the...Inscripciones is the best of several pyramids at Palenque. You can climb the steep stairway to...
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The Gods of Maya; Finely Focused Exhibit
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 10, 2004
...the rulers of the dynasty that ruled Palenque for three centuries; the expressive...Portrait of an Unknown Noble," also from Palenque; and another portrait from the city...Portrait Head of Pakai" (left) is from Palenque, Mexico. "Relief Carving of Captive...
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Bound by Baseball, Friendship, Roots Sox' Uribe and Perez Share a Special Bond
Newspaper article by Stacy St. Clair; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 13, 2005
...Uribe and Perez grew up together in Palenque, a tiny port city in the Dominican Republic...until they were about 14 or 15 that the Palenque pair realized they had special abilities...Series and cheering for them. And in tiny Palenque, home to some of the worlds most beautiful...
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Ruins Speak of Former Glories
Newspaper article; The Observer (Gladstone, Australia), August 6, 2011
Subjects: End of the world, Mayas
...how long they ruled. The main ruler was the serpent king. Palenque in the Chiapas region of Southern Mexico, is a large site...the sites. Unlike many other Mayan sites on the outskirts of Palenque there is still evidence of where the wealthier families lived...
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Mayan Attraction; Mel Gibson's Apocalypto Portrayed the Mayans as Bloodthirsty, but Their Scientific Knowledge Put Later Civilisations to Shame. TIM ALDEN Reports from the Heart of the Yucatan Jungle, Where Their Secrets Are Still Being Uncovered
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 14, 2007
...another boy king: Pacal the Great, ruler of the city state of Palenque, who ascended the throne aged 12. Unlike Tut, Pacal survived...hundreds of hidden sites, some with pyramids as big as those at Palenque and Chichen Itza. Getting to them is another matter though...
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encyclopedia articles on: Palenque  - 4 results

 
 
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Palenque
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PALENQUE palang ke, ancient city of the Maya in...paneling reached their highest expression at Palenque. The Temple of Inscriptions, noted for...recent years, many of the inscriptions at Palenque have been deciphered, revealing much...
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Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the cities of the river valleys, such as Piedras Negras and Palenque ; and the cities of central and N Yucatan ( Uxmal ). In the...spatial sense are evident in the famous stucco sculpture of Palenque and in the airiness and grace of its buildings. In the flat...
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Chiapas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...region contains valuable but dwindling forests of dyewoods and hardwoods and is also the site of ruined Mayan cities (notably Palenque ). The area is also the retreat of the Lacandones, a gradually disappearing indigenous people often thought to be related...
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Maya , Indigenous People of Mexico and Central America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...including Copan in Honduras, El Mirador, Piedras Negras , Tikal , and Uaxactun in the N central Peten region of Guatemala, and Palenque and Uxmal in Mexico. Neither during the Classic period nor at any other time does there seem to have been any political unification...


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