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- Title
Reconstruyendo rituales de la élite maya en las Tierras Bajas del norte: una mirada desde los códices mayas y Ek' Balam.
- Authors
Vail, Gabrielle
- Abstract
Texts from murals and capstones at Ek' Balam provide a unique window onto some of the rituals practiced by the dynastic founder and the ruling population at the site, allowing a greater understanding of Late Classic elite Maya culture in the northern lowlands during this time period. Ek' Balam's history diverges from that of other northern Classic polities, with a late establishment of the royal dynasty and apparent ties to Classic period sites in the southern and western lowlands. Almanacs from the hieroglyphic Maya codices, with antecedents dating to the Late and Terminal Classic periods, provide a useful source of data for interpreting iconographic and textual references to ritual events occurring in the late 8th and early 9th centuries at Ek' Balam.
- Subjects
INDIGENOUS peoples of Mexico; MAYA mural painting &; decoration; MAYAN hieroglyphics; SYMBOLISM in art; MEXICAN almanacs
- Publication
Revista Espanola de Antropologia Americana, 2019, Vol 49, p241
- ISSN
0556-6533
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/reaa.64969