The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology


Pacal

Pacal [Na].
Ruler of Palenque, Mexico, between AD 615 and 682 during which time the town became an important centre of the Maya Lowlands. When Pacal died he was buried in a subterranean crypt over which was constructed the Temple of the Inscriptions.

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