·    Caution with three similar-sounding names:

o Lakam Ha’ (two separate words; with a -k-, -m, and h-; and with glottalization at the end):

§ This is the toponym for the urban area / capital of the Palenque polity.

o Lacanha (one word; with a -c, -n-, and -h-; and no glottalization at the end):

§ This is a site very close to Bonampak, directly opposite it on the banks of the Usumacinta River.

§ In some periods in history (641-669 AD, 750-759 AD), it was an independent polity.

§ Before, in between, and after those periods, it was part of the Bonampak, “Knot site”, or Sak Tz’i’ polities.

§ This site has 3-letter code LAC according to the Bonn University Dictionary Project’s webpage for Maya sites with inscriptions. Lacanha Kuna and Kuna Lacanha are two alternative names for Lacanha.

See Nelson-PhD.p26-34 for more information.

o Lacanja-Tzeltal (one word, -with a c, -n-, and -j-; and hyphenated with Tzeltal):

§ This is a site which was the capital of the Sak Tz’i’ polity.

§ None of Lacanja, Tzeltal, Lacanja-Tzeltal are listed in the Bonn University Dictionary Project’s webpage for Maya sites with inscriptions.

Lakam Ha’ and Lacanha are clearly two distinct sites (Palenque and Bonampak are a significant distance from one another). It isn’t clear to me what the separateness or identity of Lacanha and  Lacanja-Tzeltal are.