Epigraphy and History at La Corona

Summary

The ancient Maya ruins of La Corona (ancient Saknikte') has an unusually large textual and historical record. The site's inscriptions, despite their highly fragmented and incomplete state, present epigraphers and archaeologists with a detailed account of a royal family that ruled there at least from the 6th to 8th centuries. Excavations in the last several years have revealed many more inscribed sculptures. This paper will focus on the distinctive characteristics of La Corona as a literate community of the Classic period, highlighting aspects of dynastic history, ritual subject matter, textual presentation, and language, all of which provide important cultural and political contexts for understanding La Corona in the wider world of the lowland Classic Maya. More broadly, we discuss the continuing emergence of a historical methodology in the theory and practice of Maya archaeology.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 22042