The Creation and Transformation of Regimes in the El Palmar Dynasty, Mexico during the Classic Period (AD 250–900)

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Regimes of the Ancient Maya" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of office titles and architectural styles in the Maya lowlands suggest that there existed diverse material, textual, and symbolic expressions that created, maintained, and modified regimes during the Classic period (ca. AD 250–900). The variation also signals that authority, power relations, legitimacy, and ideologies were not homogenous. Our research has yielded a variety of office titles, artifacts, and symbolic expressions in architecture at the archaeological site of El Palmar, Mexico. This paper examines how daily practices and interactions between royal families and officials constituted and transformed El Palmar regimes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Regimes of the Ancient Maya   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35917.0