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

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Thereafter, Copan with its subordinate center at nearby Quirigua controlled the critical Motagua River trade route and the frontier with Central America.

This article argues that the best way to understand such complexity is through the conceptual lens of a “town.

En suma, 2 los textos jeroglíficos de tipo histórico-narrativo se limitan a biografías y listas genealógicas de gobernantes. Behind immense, ruined cities, and abandoned artworks deep in the rainforests of Central America lie the turbulent stories of the Maya monarchy. c.570: Na Chaʼak Kab, a Kaloomte that may have ruled under the overlord Sky Witness from Calakmul or Dzoyola.

Este assentamento foi um destacado centro regional, estabeleceu o controle de rotas comerciais e de bens de consumo de luxo, além de desempenhar uma posição de coletor de impostos a sítios menores subjugados ao seu poder (COBOS, 2001) (NAVARRO, 2012). All books are despatched securely wrapped in a clear-fonted bag, bubblewrap and in a padded envelope.

Founder of Copán lineage, he also founded Quirigua's by installing there the first king, Tok Casper. The earliest known dates in the Maya Long Count calendar come from Late Preclassic sites on the Pacific coastal plain. The construction of a fully functional royal court complex, including architecture with residential, ritual, civic-ceremonial, and service functions, as well as large public plazas and smaller, more restricted, courtyards and patios, and a number of stelae monuments, signifies the first physical manifestations of the institution of kingship at Minanha (Iannone, 2005:30). The power of the Kaan dynasty relied on alliances with client states, without expanding its own territory. Classic Maya kings held the k’uhul ajaw, or “holy lord” title, and belonged to a royal house defined by ancestry and residency in royal palaces.