Take a closer look at the details of a colorful relief panel from La Pasadita that provides a glimpse into the power and pageantry of the royal courts of the ancient Maya.
Dynamic tracing in this animation helps reveal the details in the iconography: a significant political scene where the ruler of Yaxchilán is receiving tribute from the lord of La Pasadita and a merchant. In a rare gesture in the arts of the ancient Americas, an inscription tells us the name of the artist who carved the panel: Chakalte’.
