Under the Lordly Monarchs of the North

The Epigraphy of Northern Belize

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ID6034348
AutoresChristophe G B Helmke (0000-0003-3691-7075, University of Copenhagen, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume31
Fascículo2
Páginas261-286
Data de publicação2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAncient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0956536119000348
OpenAlexW2999680292
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas28

The hieroglyphic texts of northern Belize are remarkable for their longevity, spanning from the Late Preclassic to the Late Postclassic (ca. 100b.c–a.d.1544). Together, these texts constitute an invaluable body of information that has thus far been generally overlooked and has not been integrated into larger syntheses of the region. This paper provides a diachronic review of the glyphic texts of northern Belize and contrasts them to the wider historical processes of the eastern Maya lowlands. A definition of the northern Belizean region precedes an outline of the corpora of monuments, as well as the textual sources on portable objects. This provides an historical review of northern Belize from the incipience of royalty to the eve of the Spanish Conquest

Ancient history · Archaeology · CONQUEST · Epigraphy · Geography · Maya · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Latin American history and culture