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Bonampak,
State Chiapas, México Structure 1: Chamber 1, East Wall (detail) Late Classic (600-900 AD) 792 AD, Ŧ Jahaw Chaan Muwan II (776-790s AD) |
Comments: The personages' rank was determined by the amount of area they covered and the complexity of their attire. Yet the murals place emphasis on the whole rather on the individuals, and however important these may be, one discerns a marked tendency to grouping. |
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