| Object Name: | Stela D and Temple 2 on the Grand Plaza |
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| Creation Date: | 200-900 AD | |
| Culture: | Classic Maya | |
| Site: | Copan | |
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| Image source: | © Dr. Manuel Aguilar | |
| Following the death of the 13th ruler, 18 Rabbit, Copan entered a period of seeming dormancy - no new stelae were erected. Scholars had noted that after the placement of Stela D in 9.15.5.0.0 (AD 736), no further free-standing monuments were erected until stela M, in 9.16.5.0.0 (AD 756). This was taken by some to mean that Copan went into a decline after the loss of their distinguished ruler, and was unable to marshal public labor for monuments until nearly 20 years after his death. | ||
