Excerpt from Art and Archaeology, Vol. 1: An Illustrated Magazine; July, 1914 June, 1915 Palenque: The builders of Palenque, a ruined city in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, so far as the monuments show, were the greatest masters of stucco in America. Stucco was their chief reliance in all matters of finish and decoration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.