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THESE ARE OUR MOUNTAINS NOW: STATECRAFT AND THE FOUNDATION OF A LATE CLASSIC MAYA ROYAL COURT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2016

Nicholas P. Carter
Nicholas P. Carter*
Affiliation:
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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E-mail correspondence to: nicholascarter@fas.harvard.edu
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Abstract

This article presents a synthesis of new epigraphic readings of hieroglyphic texts from the sites of Sacul and Ixkun, in the northwestern Maya Mountains of Guatemala, with archaeological data previously published by the Atlas Arqueológico de Guatemala. It proposes that a late eighth century king of Sacul broke with his former allies at Ucanal to establish himself as a local suzerain, sponsoring a new vassal kingdom at Ixkun in the process. Visible in both the hieroglyphic and stratigraphic records, these events recapitulated on a smaller scale the geopolitical practices of hegemonic Maya kingdoms like Calakmul and Tikal. The Sacul king’s strategic cultivation of a separate but dependent court sheds light on the possibilities of and limitations on Classic Maya kingship.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , Fall 2016 , pp. 233 - 253
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