By Lawrence W. Bardawil

Originally presented at the Second Palenque Roundtable in 1974. Published in 1976 in The Art, Iconography & Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III, edited by Merle Greene Robertson. Pebble Beach, California: Pre-Columbian Art Research, The Robert Louis Stevenson School. This paper is presented in digital format for its historical interest. Online publication: December 2003.

The Principal Bird Deity in Maya Art —
An Iconographic Study of Form and Meaning
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