By Linda Schele

Originally presented at the First Palenque Roundtable in 1973. Published in 1974 as Primera Mesa Redonda de Palenque, Part I, edited by Merle Greene Robertson. Pebble Beach, California: Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pre-Columbian Art Research. This paper is presented in digital format for its historical interest. Online publication: January 2005.

Observations on the Cross Motif at Palenque
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