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Life-size reconstruction of the Rosalila temple at the site museum of Copán
One of the best preserved phases of Temple 16 is the Rosalila, built
over the remains of five previous versions of the temple. Archaeologist
Ricardo Agurcia discovered the almost intact shrine while tunneling
underneath the final version of the temple. Rosalila is notable for its
excellent state of preservation, including the entire building from the
base platform up to the
roof comb,
including its highly elaborate painted stucco decoration. Rosalila
features K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' placed at the centre of a mythological
tableau, combining the founder of the dynasty with the
sky deity Itzamna in avian form. The mythological imagery also includes
anthropomorphic
mountains, skeletons and crocodiles. Vents in the exterior were
designed so smoke from incense being burned inside the shrine would
interact with the stucco sculpture of the exterior. The temple had a
hieroglyphic stone step with a dedicatory inscription. The stone step is
less well preserved than the rest of the building, but a date in AD 571
has been deciphered. Due to the deforestation of the Copán valley, the
Rosalila building was the last structure at the site to use such
elaborate stucco decoration — vast quantities of firewood could no
longer be spared to reduce limestone to plaster. A life-size copy of the
Rosalila building has been built at the Copán site museum.
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Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil encased the Rosalila phase under a new
version of the building in the early 8th century AD. An offering was
made as part of the rites to terminate the old phase and included a
collection of
eccentric flints worked into the profiles of humans and gods, which were wrapped in blue-dyed textiles.
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