To be found at the eastern border of the Rio Usumacinta Basin in the foothills of the Sierra Oriental de Chiapas at an distance from the ground of slightly less that 3000 m, Palenque looks out on a low coastal plain extending to the Gulf of Mexico about 130 km. to the north.
The climate is warm and humid with modest cyclic variation and showers during the entire year.
Palenque represents the western regional alternative of Classic Maya civilization. Although the earliest career of the site dates to about 100 BC, it becomes a major people center only at about 600 AD and all construction at the site has ceased by about 800 AD. The ruins at present visible are the heavily restored remains of the ceremonial center of a more extensive settlement bordered by agricultural fields.
The ceremonial center can be divided keen on three major areas:
a) An open area surrounded by the Pyramid of the Inscriptions, the west frontage of the Palace and the unexcavated heap Temple XI;
b) Divided from area: by the, canalized and in part vaulted, Arroyo Otulum and at a significantly higher height an area bounded by the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Cross and the Temple of the Foliated Cross;
c) A part rather inferior in elevation than area a, including the Ball Court and the Temple of the Count, bordered by the north portico of the Palace, Temple X, and the North Group.
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