Before the Aurora of Hegemony: How the La Corona Community Brooked the Kaanul Dynasty

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.

By examining archaeological and epigraphic evidence from the northwestern Peten during the Classic period, we can gain valuable insights into the strategies used by the Kaanul dynasts to establish and maintain a unique regional hegemony in the Maya Lowlands. We focus on the site of La Corona where we have integrated archaeological and epigraphic data to examine the significance of the early rulers in this particular geographical area. Looking at architectural construction, ceramic affiliation, epigraphy, and settlement, we investigate the changes in the nature and organization of the La Corona community in the AD fifth and sixth centuries. Based on the available data, we suggest that the northwestern Peten region held significant strategic importance, serving as a crucial location for both the initial expansion of the Kaanul dynasty in the early AD sixth century and the subsequent transformation and maintenance of its dominant control during the AD seventh and eighth centuries. We, therefore, aim to model in what ways the changes in the Kaanul dynasty regime impacted this community and set it on the course to become its long-standing subordinate ally.

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): 39056.0