To the left and slightly higher on the cliff is a third cave. It is this dry passageway that contains the Classic Period mural and inscriptions. The local Ch'ol refer to all three caves as the Cueva de Jolja'. The configuration of three cave mouths is reminiscent of the Cross Group of Palenque that represents the three mountain caves from which the Palenque triad of gods were born (Bassie-Sweet 1991). |
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