[Aztlan] Palenque artifact?

[Megan O'Neil]

Hello Nick and all. Someone may have already answered Nick's query, but I
receive these as digests and thus don't know yet...

It sounds to me like they are confusing and combining  the new panel from
Temple XXI (discovered circa 2002/03) and the Oval Palace Tablet!  I haven't
heard of another that combines all of these elements, though maybe a
creative contemporary Palenque artist has made one.

If you want to see the Temple XXI panel, it has been published-- I imagine
it has been published in Arqueología Mexicana, but you can also find it in
Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya, plate 129. I can send you a scan if you
don't have the book.

Best,
Megan O'Neil

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From: Nick Hopkins <nhopkins at mailer.fsu.edu>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 11:59:17 -0400
To: Aztlan <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
Subject: [Aztlan] Palenque artifact?

In the May/June 2008 issue of Archaeology magazine, there is an
interview with a choreographer who is reconstructing precolombian
Maya dances for the tourist park at Xcaret.  He says one of his
sources of inspiration is from Palenque:

"For example, at Palenque we were very pleased to be able to study
the glyphs on a stone that was found about four years ago.  It
depicts a local chief, his mother bearing a crown, his son, and
several rats, which symbolize secrets.  From these scenes we begin
constructing the ceremony..."

Rats?  Can anybody tell me what he is talking about?

Nick Hopkins