Incensarios Recovered FromThe Temple of the Cross, Palenque,By El Proyecto Grupo de las Cruces

Restoration Drawings by Lucas Johnson and Mark Van Stone

Mesoweb: www.mesoweb.com/palenque/dig/restoration/Palenque-Incensarios.pdf

ICONOGRAPHIC KEY BASED ON CUEVAS GARCÍA (2007:FIG. 86)0 cm 20 cm

Element 3, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

Interlaced band

double bands

flame

serpent maw

crossed bands

inverted serpent

earflare (pom)

knotted band

diadem 1

bird-serpent

diadem 2

upper mask

central mask

lower mask

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Element 1, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

This element is identified as TC-1/97 in the definitive treatise on the effigy incensarios of Palenque by Martha Cuevas García (2007:Fig. 160). Cuevas attributes it to temporal Phase III and identifies the effigy as that of GIII in the form of the Jaguar Paddler (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 160).

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Element 2, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

TC-2/97 pertains to Phase IV and depicts GI of the Palenque Triad (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 163).

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Element 3, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

TC-3/97 dates to Phase IV and depicts GIII of the Palenque Triad in the form of the Stingray Paddler (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 166).

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Element 4, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

TC-4/97, from Phase III, portrays GIII in the form of the Stingray Paddler (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 158).

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Element 5/97, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

TC-5/97 dates to Phase III and depicts GIII in the guise of the Jaguar Paddler (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 160).

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Element 10, Palenque, M exico

TC-10/98 is from Phase III and shows GI of the Palenque Triad (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 157).

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Element 11, Palenque, Mexico

TC-11/98, from Phase III, depicts the Stingray Paddler form of GIII (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 159).

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Element 11, Palenque, Mexico

Mark Van Stone

Side view of TC-11/98.

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Element 14/98, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

TC-14/98 dates to Phase III and portrays GIII as the Jaguar Paddler (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 162).

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Element 15, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

TC-15/98 is from Phase IV, with the effigy of GI (Cuevas García 2007:Fig. 163).

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Element 15, Palenque, Mexico

Lucas Johnson 2007

(Side view of TC-15/98)

References Cited

Cuevas García, Martha2007 Los incensarios efigie de Palenque: Deidades y rituales mayas. Mexico City: Universidad

Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.