Kings and commoners at Copan: Isotopic evidence for origins and movement in the Classic Maya period

Price, T. Douglas; Burton, James H.; Sharer, Robert J.; Buikstra, Jane E.; Wright, Lori E.; Traxler, Loa P.; Miller, Katherine A.

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2009.10.001

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“…The emblem glyph is of variant style, as there is often no ''ahau'' (or ''ajaw'') prefix (read as ''sun lord'' or ''ruler'') ; the lack of this affix is consistent with what appears to be a more collective governing strategy at the site. The toponym is associated with a place of creation (e.g., Stuart 1998); it also occurs in a text at Copan, Honduras, and has been linked back to Caracol as potential support for a dynastic connection between the sites (Stuart 2007;Stuart and Houston 1994:23; see also Price et al 2010). The sequence of rulers is not complete and, interestingly, does not currently correlate with the remains of any member of the royal family buried in dated tombs at the site (A.…”

Section: Hieroglyphs Rulers and Dynastymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Epigraphers have identified Caracol as the likely origin point for the first ruler of Copan; stable isotope information from Copan's burials supports such an interpretation (Nichols 2016;Price et al 2010). Not only did Caracol apparently solidify its position to its south, a point possibly emphasized in the textual materials at Caracol with eroded references to Copan (Grube 1990), but the site also embarked on a series of wars with neighboring polities to the north.…”

Section: Late Classic Period Caracol and Urban Expansionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Caracol, Belize, and Changing Perceptions of Ancient Maya Society

Chase

2016

J Archaeol Res

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Archaeological research at Caracol, an ancient Maya site that was rediscovered in 1937, has become a major resource in the interpretation and understanding of the ancient Maya. Caracol, in west-central Belize, is situated in a subtropical region once characterized as being unsuitable for the development or maintenance of complex societies, yet it is one of the largest, if not the largest Classic period Maya site in the southern Maya Lowlands, home to over 100,000 people at its height between AD 600 and 700. The investigations at Caracol underscore the utility of long-term archaeological projects incorporating large-scale settlement study that combine excavation with varied research designs and the use of a contextual approach. By employing Maya epigraphic history, traditional archaeology, and modern technology like LiDAR, research at Caracol details the rise, maintenance, and fall of an ancient Maya city, affording a large window into ancient Maya lifeways. Archaeological work provides evidence of sustainable agriculture, a market economy, city planning that included a road system, the impact of warfare on the site's inhabitants, the sociopolitical status of women, the role that archaeology can play in refining written history, and the significance of commemorating the cyclical passage of time to the ancient Maya. This article

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Section: Hieroglyphs Rulers and Dynastymentioning

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Section: Late Classic Period Caracol and Urban Expansionmentioning

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Caracol, Belize, and Changing Perceptions of Ancient Maya Society

Chase

2016

J Archaeol Res

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“…Esto, unido a los materiales de diseños teotihuacanos encontrados en sus edificios, hizo pensar a los investigadores que se trataba de un personaje procedente del centro de México (Sharer, 2003: 145). En la actualidad sabemos que K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' pasó su infancia en Petén y luego se desplazó al valle de Copán (Price et al, 2014), donde fundó la dinastía que regiría el sitio hasta el final de su historia. 14 Pese a que su infancia transcurrió en algún lugar del Petén, K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'…”

Section: La Estructura Margarita De Copánunclassified

“…14 Algunos autores sugieren que el fundador procede de la región de Petén, Tikal o de Caracol (Stuart, 2000(Stuart, , 2008Lacadena y Ciudad, 2009: 61;Price et al, 2014). siempre mostró preferencias y gustos teotihuacanos, tal vez por las tendencias regionales del momento.…”

Section: La Estructura Margarita De Copánunclassified

El mito del diluvio en las ceremonias de entronización de los gobernantes mayas. Agentes responsables de la decapitación del saurio y nuevas fundaciones

Barrios¹

2015

Estudios de Cultura Maya

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RESUMEN:El desciframiento de los textos de la Plataforma Jeroglífica del Templo XIX de Palenque corroboró que la visión clásica del mito de la inundación era semejante a la de ciertos textos coloniales, en cuanto a señalar al protagonista como un cocodrilo celeste.Tras ser decapitado, sobre su cuerpo se colocaron los cuatro árboles del mundo para levantar y sujetar el cielo. Las fuentes coloniales aclaran que, después, un ser sobrenatural pisó la espalda del reptil. Esta acción se ha interpretado como una fecundación que marcaba el comienzo de un nuevo tiempo; sin embargo, F. Scandar (2010) argumenta que la acción de pisar no remite aquí a fecundar, sino a fundar, y fue representada en Mesoamérica con huellas de pies. Es en esta secuencia del mito, desde la decapitación (muerte y fin de caos) hasta la acción de pisar (reorganización del nuevo mundo), donde se focaliza nuestro interés en los monumentos de acceso al trono, en los cuales se advierten unas pisadas que ascienden y cruzan la imagen atrapada del cocodrilo. El ensayo propone que los señores mayas prehispánicos, al subir al trono, se visualizaban como héroes míticos victoriosos que daban muerte al saurio responsable de la inundación (caos) y como fundadores de un nuevo mundo.PALABRAS CLAVE: inundación, Cocodrilo Venado Estelar, gobernantes, Clásico maya, Chilam Balam, huellas de pie. ABSTRACT:The decipherment of texts from the Hieroglyphic Platform of Temple XIX at Palenque confirmed that the classical version of the flood myth was similar to that of certain colonial texts, highlighting the protagonist as a celestial crocodile who caused the flooding of the land and then was beheaded. On his body were placed the four world trees to lift and hold the sky. Then, a supernatural stood on the decapitated reptile. This action has been interpreted as a fecundation ritual that marked the beginning of a new era; however, F. Scandar (2010) argues that the action of standing does not refer here to fertilize, but to found or establish, an action represented in Mesoamerica with footprints. It is in this sequence of myth -from decapitation (death and chaos) to the action of stepping on (reorganization of a new world)-, where our interest is focused on the monuments of accession to the throne, with ascending footsteps that cross the captive crocodile image. This essay suggests that during the accession to throne prehispanic Maya lords were displayed as victorious mythical heroes who brought death to the saurian responsible for flooding (chaos) and as founders of a new world.

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“…Among elements the isotope composition of which may broaden our knowledge of the origin, migration, mobility dynamics or the history of settlement of a particular location by our ancestors, oxygen carries the most information. When studying human remains, researchers increasingly often seek information on mutual relations between individuals, both between groups and in the interaction between an individual and the group (Sjögren et al 2009;Price et al 2010;Wright et al 2010). Decisions on changing one's abode or following specific migration groups by humans over the centuries were usually dictated by the need to prevent an epidemic, a conflict with a hostile community, an attempt to find new sources of food and water (seasonal/temporary migrations), to create new economic strategy, or caused by urban development issues.…”

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Oxygen stable isotopes variation in water precipitation in Poland – anthropological applications

Lisowska-Gaczorek

Cienkosz-Stepańczak

Szostek

2017

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AbstrAct:The main objective of oxygen isotope analysis is to determine the probable place of origin of an individual or the reconstruction of migration paths. The research are methodologically based on referencing oxygen isotope ratios of apatite phosphates (δ 18 O p ) to the range of environmental background δ 18 O, most frequently determined on the basis of precipitation. The present work is a response to the need for providing background for oxygen isotope studies on skeletons excavated in Poland. Currently there no monitoring of the isotope composition of precipitation water in Poland is conducted. For this reason, based on the data generated in the Online Isotopes In Precipitation Calculator (OIPC), a database was developed, containing δ 18 O levels in precipitation for locations in which exploration work was carried out in the archaeological fields from Poland. In total, 279 locations were analysed. The result of the data analysis was a complete isotope composition map for Poland with four zones distinguished by δ 18O w values. The observable differences in oxygen isotope composition of precipitation in Poland are sufficient to trace migrations of individuals and populations, although accurate only at the level of macroregions.

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Kings and commoners at Copan: Isotopic evidence for origins and movement in the Classic Maya period

Cited by 121 publications

References 34 publications

Caracol, Belize, and Changing Perceptions of Ancient Maya Society

Caracol, Belize, and Changing Perceptions of Ancient Maya Society

El mito del diluvio en las ceremonias de entronización de los gobernantes mayas. Agentes responsables de la decapitación del saurio y nuevas fundaciones

Oxygen stable isotopes variation in water precipitation in Poland – anthropological applications

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