The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
In recent years the notion that a hegemonic state known as the Kaanu’l dynasty dominated the Classic Maya Lowlands has become more widely accepted supplanting previous views of Maya states as inherently fragmented and volatile. This has occurred thanks to a series of epigraphic and archaeological discoveries throughout the Maya world. Since the early 2000s, it has been known that in the Early Classic period, the dynasty was situated at Dzibanche in southern Quintana Roo, before its long-known seat at Calakmul, Campeche. However, many aspects of this regime remain the subject of debate. First among them is the time and place of origin, its internal governing organization, the nature of its expansionism, and the political control of kingdoms within its sphere of influence. In this session, we attempt to bring clarity to these issues by presenting new archaeological and epigraphic data from the most recent research projects at Dzibanche and other sites with political ties to the Kaanu’l dynasty. The resulting new perspectives on this regime from a variety of sources and contexts will support a more informed understanding of the nature of Classic Maya political organization.
Other Keywords
Maya: Classic •
Iconography and epigraphy •
Architecture •
Warfare •
Urbanism •
Violence •
LiDAR •
Statecraft •
Ethnohistory/History •
Remote Sensing/Geophysics
Geographic Keywords
United Mexican States (Country) •
Peten (State / Territory) •
Yucatan (State / Territory) •
Belize (Country) •
Orange Walk (State / Territory) •
Cayo (State / Territory) •
Corozal (State / Territory) •
Belize (State / Territory) •
Stann Creek (State / Territory) •
Quintana Roo (State / Territory)
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Before the Aurora of Hegemony: How the La Corona Community Brooked the Kaanul Dynasty (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. By examining archaeological and epigraphic evidence from the northwestern Peten during the Classic period, we can gain valuable insights into the strategies used by the Kaanul dynasts to establish and maintain a unique regional hegemony in the Maya Lowlands. We focus on the site of La Corona where we have...
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Classic Maya Urbanism at Dzibanche Revealed by Airborne Lidar Mapping (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Lidar survey of the city of Dzibanche reveals the city's settlement to be more extensive and populous than previously thought and consistent with its political reach as a hegemonic state. A closer look at the organization of public spaces within its center reveals architectural arrangements that appear to share...
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Kaanu'l Lords in Quintana Roo: New Data from Dzibanche and Resbalón Monuments (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Re-documentation and analysis of inscribed monuments from the archaeological site of Dzibanche and its vicinity have revealed new details of the history of the Kaanu’l polity during the Classic period. The presentation centers in particular on the narratives recovered from the hieroglyphic stairways of El...
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La ofrenda del Edificio 5 de Ichkabal, Quintana Roo: Contexto arqueológico y observaciones epigráficas e iconográficas en torno a un cache del Preclásico Tardío (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. En abril de 2009 los arqueólogos Enrique Nalda Henández, Sandra Balanzario Granados y Karina González Hernández excavaron una ofrenda (cache) en el interior de una subestructura del Edificio 5 de Ichkabal, megalópolis maya del Preclásico ubicada en el sur de Quintana Roo. Dicha ofrenda contenía fragmentos de...
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The Northern Question: The Kaanu'l Kingdom and its Legacy in Yucatan (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The historical importance of the Kaanu’l (Kanul) dynasty and its political networks is now well established. Dzibanche and Calakmul were its two principal centers over the course of the Late Classic period, and the sources we use for reconstructing its history come from many surrounding sites in the southern...
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Nuevas exploraciones en el asentamiento prehispanico de Dzibanché, Quintana Roo (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. El sitio prehispánico de Dzibanché tuvo una ocupación continua, desde el periodo del Preclásico Medio-Superior hasta el Clásico Tardío (300 aC-800 dC). Ocupación que continuó con una población menor hasta el periodo del Clásico Terminal-Posclásico (900-1500 dC). Fue el asiento de la dinastía Serpiente “Kaanu’l”...
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“Serpent Emperor” and “Serpent Co-ruler”: New Evidence on Kanul Hegemony under K’ahk’ Ti’ Ch’ich’ (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 2017 previously unknown mid-sixth-century Kanul king K’ahk’ Ti’ Ch’ich’ Aj Saakil was identified in Classic Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions. He acceded as “high king” (kalomte) in AD 550 and was responsible for the defeat of Tikal in AD 562 and the expansion of Dzibanche hegemony through the Southern...
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The Snake Queens of Waka’: Harnessing Sorcery and Divinatory Power in Service to Kaan (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Our paper demonstrates the key role played by royal Kaan women in fortifying and consolidating Kaan’s hegemony in the seventh–eighth centuries CE. We draw on archaeological, visual, and textual evidence from Waka’, including a preliminary analysis of recently discovered Stela 51, and elsewhere across the realm....
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The Tumultuous Times: The Shifting Alliances of Caracol Monarchs in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The most extensive historical record of Caracol was produced under the reign of Tutum Yohl K’inich Tz’uutz’ II (formerly known as K’an II / Ruler V), who reigned from AD 618 to 658. In addition to outlining his life and deeds, as well as those of his father Yajawte’ K’inich Tz’uutz’ II (a.k.a. Lord Water /...