The arqueological site is 8 km the town of Santo Domingo of Palenque, the name that the spanish people gave to this town means “estocada” to protect a site. The first report that talk about this site says that this town have a name that means “site to war or land to battle”.

History: the mayan culture begining long time ago, for example the sculpture and calendar Olmecan is from preclasis, receiving the mayans from the zapotecas contributions of the Monte Alban. Durin the mayan clasic (300-900 A.C.) was the course of this culture having develop with a particular characteristics.

With increcing  population and social stratification the result was many independent center where the technology to make pyramids allowd the develoment of principal mayan sites of the “Usumacinta”  riverbasin  where the science and the arts were raised  the level of perpection. At the begining of X century (the end of the mayan clasis period) things changed, and for that reason disappeared many centers of the Usumacinta river. The impoverishment of the land and many wars between the diferents centers resulted “the death and to abandonmet of the habitants.

The arqueological site of Palenque was adapted to the montains by the builders. Emphasire the principal center over a big platform arqueologist gave the name “Palacio”  with a tower and corridor to the outside. In direccion south west we find adjacent the hill “ El templo de las incripciones” and in a level we find “los templos del sol” “de la cruz y de la cruz foliada”.

The most important building in palenque we can talk about “el templo de las inscripciones” because there was find inside the grave of king Pakal is a secret crypt where there is a big sarcophagus with a thick rock sepulchral sculpt in engraving, cover corpse of this important governor to dress richment, with bracelet and beautifull greenrock of jade. The preparation the skull of this personaje is a symbol to go to mayan underworld.