Rises and Falls of Uaxactun Dynasty: Combining Epigraphic and Archaeological Evidence

Summary

This is an abstract from the "At the Interface the Use of Archaeology and Texts in Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The dynastic history of Uaxactun is one of the most ancient among the political centers of the Maya Lowlands in the Preclassic and Classic periods. The beginning of history of a dynasty concerns to the III cent. BC, and its end to the final years of the IX cent. AD. On an extent more than a thousand-year history the dynasty of Uaxactun has endured some stages of rising and decline in Preclassic, Early Classic and Late Classic periods which have been connected with change in political life of ancient Maya in the area of the Central Lowlands. These periods have found the reflexion as in building activity of the city center corn, and in epigraphic inscriptions on the monuments established by lords of Uaxactun during the periods of blossoming of the kingdom. We will try to track correlation between the basic dates from a dynastic history and the archeological data reflecting stages of development of the early state in Uaxactun. And their relations with the general political situation in Maya Lowlands until the end of the Terminal Classic period.

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Abstract Id(s): 25468