<< Our Photo Pages >> Palenque - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Chiapas
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Multi-periodSite Name: PalenqueCountry: Mexico Region: Chiapas Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Palenque
Latitude: 17.484673N Longitude: 92.046642W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Jansold visited on 21st Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
XIII visited on 1st Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
john_op_stap visited on 9th Feb 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 If you want the place all to yourself, stay after 14h00, when all the tourbusses have left ;)
ModernExplorers visited on 3rd Jan 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 More beautiful Mayan ruins set in the middle of the jungle
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Mar 2002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1992 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
sirius_b visited on 1st Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.71 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.83
The earliest evidence of occupation dates from about 100 BC, when it may have been a small farming village (formative period). Throughout the early classic period (300-600 AD) the city grew steadily and by the late classic period (600-900 AD) it had become the power centre that ruled over a large part of what today is the states of Chiapas & Tabasco.
(Taken From the site information board)
Inscriptions indicate a break in the dynasty that had ruled Palenque in the early 700s. Inscriptions about the last king and the cessation of new buildings coincide at aroung 800 AD.
Note: Water Tunnel Discovered at Palenque's Temple of Inscriptions and was it intended to carry the dead to the Underworld? See the comments on our page for more
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