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Our biggest problem is to resolve whether Lord Chaac and Chac-Zutz' are the same or different individuals. We will present a synthesis of the evidence for both interpretations but at present we cannot resolve the question.

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PARI editor's note: Linda Schele resolved the question at the Sixth Palenque Round Table with her paper "The Demotion of Chac-Zutz'".

The drawing above, of the central figure in the Tablet of the Slaves, is by Merle Greene Robertson from The Sculpture of Palenque , Vol. IV.



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