Tomb 68-1, Copan: Deducing Polity Dynamics during the Early Classic Period and Beyond

Maca, Allan L.

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“…Autores como Markus Eberl (2005), Verdjina Bajkova (2014) y Andrew K. Scherer (2015) han señalado que en las tumbas de los gobernantes se disponían objetos que comunicaban el poder social y político del difunto no sólo a los participantes del ritual mortuorio, sino también a las entidades anímicas, es el caso de joyas y cetros. Tumbas de gobernantes del Clásico se han reportado en Calakmul (Carrasco et al, 1999), Copán (Maca, 2015), Dos Pilas (Demarest et al, 1991), Palenque (Ruz, 1973), Piedras Negras (Barrientos, Escobedo y Houston, 1997), Tamarindito (Valdés, 1997) y Tikal (Coe, 1990). En estos contextos es notoria la gran cantidad de ornamentos de jade y concha, siendo frecuente la presencia de orejeras y cuentas de piedra verde, así como conchas Spondylus, que de acuerdo con Juan Pedro Laporte (2003: 60) fueron un símbolo de poder.…”

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Símbolos de prestigio y poder entre los gobernantes del Clásico Tardío en las Tierras Bajas mayas del sur: los datos arqueológicos de Yaxchilán, Chiapas

Padilla¹,

Moll²

2022

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Studies on the Maya elite mention the existence of titles, objects, gestures, and attitudes that symbolized the status and power of an individual or a social group, which are represented in Classic Maya monuments and objects. This paper briefly discusses the conceptualization of this kind of symbols and based on the studies that have been developed on the subject, the main characteristics that these symbols had among the Mayas of the southern lowlands during the Late Classic period are presented; this serves as a referential framework to evaluate the existence of social status indicators in the elite tombs explored in Yaxchilán between 1978 and 1985.

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Símbolos de prestigio y poder entre los gobernantes del Clásico Tardío en las Tierras Bajas mayas del sur: los datos arqueológicos de Yaxchilán, Chiapas

Padilla¹,

Moll²

2022

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Governance, Monumentality, and Urbanism in the Northern Maya Lowlands During the Preclassic and Classic Periods

Hutson

2023

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Hats and titles: Maya courtier dress and hierarchy in the late Classic Maya court

Cheek

2024

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The Maya used dress to help them structure social interaction. Taking a behavioral chain and practice approach, I define dress elements of male courtiers and how they were combined into outfits during the daily practices of dressing and attending court. I identify two groups of headgear, Standard and Special, among courtiers on vases showing historical interaction among humans. Each vase is considered commemorative and must communicate to an audience. I identified six Standard hat types that were widespread in the Maya Lowlands. The distribution implies a basic set of recognizable roles that provided the political-religious structure of the typical Maya court, perhaps as early as the Late Preclassic period. Four of the hat types are connected to glyphic titles. Each titleholder's position in the vase's visual space implies a hierarchy of roles. The results support my hypothesis that dress does identify social roles in the Maya court.

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Tomb 68-1, Copan: Deducing Polity Dynamics during the Early Classic Period and Beyond

Cited by 3 publications

References 61 publications

Símbolos de prestigio y poder entre los gobernantes del Clásico Tardío en las Tierras Bajas mayas del sur: los datos arqueológicos de Yaxchilán, Chiapas

Símbolos de prestigio y poder entre los gobernantes del Clásico Tardío en las Tierras Bajas mayas del sur: los datos arqueológicos de Yaxchilán, Chiapas

Governance, Monumentality, and Urbanism in the Northern Maya Lowlands During the Preclassic and Classic Periods

Hats and titles: Maya courtier dress and hierarchy in the late Classic Maya court

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