The Team for the New Age: Naranjo and Holmul under Kaanul’s Sway

Summary

This is an abstract from the "New Light on Dzibanché and on the Rise of the Snake Kingdom’s Hegemony in the Maya Lowlands" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The paper presents the results of the last decade of archeological and epigraphic research that clarify the history of the reigns of Holmul and Naranjo during the expansion of the Dzibanché dynasty in eastern Petén in the second half of the sixth century and the first half of the seventh century CE. The discussion focuses on the textual and material markers of the new geopolitical affiliations of the Sak Chuwen of Naranjo and the Chak Tok Wayaab of Holmul, including changes in polychrome ceramics, hieroglyphic writing, and the rhetoric of good governance and loyalty in public inscriptions. In the case of Holmul, changes in the urban landscape of the city are also observed. The new data clarify the relationship between the royal families of Naranjo and Holmul during the initial period of their subordination to Dzibanché. This perspective on alliances and secondary hierarchies within the domain of the Kaanul kings is extremely important for the understanding of geopolitical processes in the Mayan area during the Late Classic period.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New Light on Dzibanché and on the Rise of the Snake Kingdom’s Hegemony in the Maya Lowlands   •
• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

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Abstract Id(s): 33420