Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (Chronicles)

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Meanwhile Copan suffered a severe economic setback by losing the Motagua Valley and its trade route. Investigations led by Mary Neivens and Dennis Puleston explored the site between 1974 and 1976, documenting its architecture and recovering a substantial quantity of artifacts. The male skeleton buried in the Tomb has been identified as the remains of the dynastic founder, K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’, who reigned 426–ca. Propuestas y evidencias en el OccidenteAlgunas de las propuestas para explicar el declive político de las Tierras Bajas durante el Clásico Terminal han sido retomadas para el caso de la región occidental, en muchas ocasiones sin entender por completo las particularidades de esta área y sin las evidencias arqueológicas suficientes que sustenten los planteamientos.

In keeping with its connection with royal authority, the mural culminates by depicting the inauguration of a San Bartolo king. Although no portrait of an El Mirador king has been identified, royal power is amply reflected in the size of the constructions they commissioned.Trade flowed over land and water through sites like Cerros, while El Mirador, the largest site of the time, served as the central node of the Central Peten interaction sphere (Reese-Taylor and Walker 2002). Trade routes were disrupted and southern capitals never resumed the use of royal monuments with Long Count dates and texts. Al final se ofrece una comparación de los discursos producidos por los gobernantes y la élite intermedia a nivel local y regional con el fin de detectar el funcionamiento y los cambios del sistema político para, a su vez, deducir algunas causalidades del colapso suscitado durante los siglos IX y X en el Occidente de las Tierras Bajas.

According to literature, Mayan warrior queens participated in battles, ruled the state and captured their enemies equally to warrior kings [15]. Several factors contributed to these changes, including environmental problems, population movements, and shifting trade routes.This star war event seems to have launched Caracol's epigraphic hiatus, which continues for 96 years, until 798. Possibly as early as 721 or after his son's death in 728, she reassumed the reins of the kingdom as queen regnant, or queen regent for her second son (or grandson). Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar uma discussão de mudanças sociais ocorridas na área maia e na Mesoamérica por volta do século X d. g., Fash and López Luján 2009;Marken and Fitzsimmons 2015; Martin and Grube 2008;Tokovinine 2013;Walden et al. She bore the title kaloomte' ('superior warrior'), which was a very high title in contemporary Maya culture, and not worn by all rulers.