Kaanu'l Lords in Quintana Roo: New Data from Dzibanche and Resbalón Monuments

Summary

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 Resbalón, which contain one of the earliest known attempts to contextualize the rise of Kaanu’l—as seen by its political allies and clients—within a broader historical framework stretching as far back as the fourth century BC. The inscriptions of El Resbalón also suggest previously unknown kinds of roles that subordinate and allied lords may have played at the Kaanu’l royal court.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39431.0