Of gods, glyphs and kings
Divinity and rulership among the Classic Maya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3781440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Houston (0000-0001-9911-7484, Brigham Young University, corresponding author), Stephen Houston, Bhattacharya (0000-0002-6636-4320), David Stuart (0000-0002-3817-7421) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 268 |
| Pages | 289-312 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00083289 |
| OpenAlex | W2150960824 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 142 |
| References cited | 70 |
The ANTIQUITY prize-winning article in the last volume addressed writing, its varying nature and role in early states. Now that the decipherment of Maya writing is well advanced, we can know more of the records of kingship. From them we may discern the concepts and beliefs that defined the authority of these holy lords, as we seek the source of the power of rulers like 'Sun-faced Snake Jaguar
Archaeology · Art · Decipherment · Divinity · Maya · Monarchy · Omen · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · History · Latin American history and culture · Law
Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Maya Gods of War
Understanding Early Civilizations
Deity Name in Royal Titulature Among the Classic Maya
“The King Whom Yahweh Your God Chooses”
Nombres de origen maya
The Rise of Native Lordships at Pashash, a.d . 200–600, North Highlands of Ancash, Peru
Deity Impersonation on the Late Classic Maya Hieroglyphic Stairway of Sabana Piletas, Campeche, Mexico
“In the days of my life.” Elite activity and interactions in the Maya lowlands from Classic to Early Postclassic times (the long ninth century, AD 760-920)
Conflicting Political Strategies in Late Formative to Early Classic Central Jalisco
Women in the Tlaloc Cult
The Offices and Regalia of the Tlaloc Cult
Entangled Political Strategies
Early Maya Dress and Adornment
Summary and Conclusion
Patron Deities and Politics among the Classic Maya
The Naked and the Ornamented
Aspects of Dress and Ornamentation in Coastal Oaxaca’s Formative Period
Landscapes, Lordships, and Sovereignty in Mesoamerica
God L
The Chahk Thunderbolt Deities and Flint Weapons
Classic Maya Tlaloc Deities and Their Obsidian Meteor Weapons
The Kaloomte’ Lords
Identity
Understanding Past Peoples by Listening
Culture and Reason
Filled with Divine Fire
Uno en tres
Frente al antepasado
Ingenuity and Ambivalence in Maya Writing
Interpreting Ancient Social Organization
El área sur de la Gran Plaza de Yaxchilán, espacio de conmemoración y legitimación durante el Clásico Tardío
Pottery politics
Bodies and blood
Early to Late Classic population mobility in the Maya site of La Joyanca and hinterlands, Northwestern Petén, Guatemala
Diphrastic Kennings on the Cascajal Block and the Emergence of Mesoamerican Writing
Mujeres, linaje y nobleza local en Yaxchilán
La personificación de ˀAhkan en el Dintel 3 del Templo IV de Tikal
El signo jeroglífico maya K'UH en los glifos emblema
"Demystifying the Late Preclassic Izapan-Style Stela-Altar "Cult
A Seventeenth Century Poqomchi’ (Mayan) Dictionary and Dominican Evangelizing Tradition in Highland Guatemala
Las personificaciones de dioses y seres sobrenaturales de Yaxchilán
Politics in the Western Maya Region (II)
El dios Chaahk en el nombre de los gobernantes mayas
Pertenencia y transmisión de nombres entre los Kanu’l en el Clásico tardío
K’awiil y el calendario maya de 819 días
Símbolos de prestigio y poder entre los gobernantes del Clásico Tardío en las Tierras Bajas mayas del sur
La Estela 87 de Tak’alik Ab’aj
Technological, use-wear, and residue analyses of obsidian blades from Classic Maya burials at Pook's Hill, Belize
An ancient Maya ritual cache at Pook's Hill, Belize
Metapragmatics in Archaeological Analysis
Drinking with dead kings
Children of the Thunderbolt’
The emergence of divine rulership in Formative Mesoamerica
Mythical paradigms and paradoxes in ancient Maya kingship
Astronomy and Architecture in the Maya Lowlands
Deciphering Ancient Maya Ethno-Metaphysics
Envisioning Artifacts
The Inertia of Old Ideas
Bioarchaeology and the Skeletons of the Pre-Columbian Maya
Astronomy, Architecture, and Landscape in Prehispanic Mesoamerica
The Political Agency of Royal Women
New World States and Empires
The Not So Peaceful Civilization
Escritura, Serpientes de Guerra y culto al Dios del Maíz en un sector de la región Puuc
Querying Quarries
From Crafting to Caching
San Isidro, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Crowning affairs
Agency in Ancient Writing
Encounters | Materialities | Confrontations
Animate Stone
Ritual Diversity and Divergence of Classic Maya Dynastic Traditions
An Archaeology of the Senses
Politics in the Western Maya Region (I)
Twist and shout
Emblem Glyphs and Political Organization in Northwestern Yucatan in the Classic Period ( a.d. 300–1000)
Blood from the Moon
New Evidence for Political Hierarchy and Power in the Northern Maya Lowlands ( a.d. 600–1000)
Weaving Political Threads
Into the Minds of Ancients
Settlement Patterns and Built Environment at the Archaeological Site of Yalahau, Yucatan
From History to Cultural Diversity
Community Resilience and Urban Planning during the Ninth-Century Maya Collapse
How ‘Natives’ Think, About the Soul, For Example (with apologies to Sahlins)
Writing in Space
Astronomy and Architecture in the El Palmar Area, Campeche, Mexico
Souls of the Ancestors
Object, Memory, and Materiality at Yaxchilan
Facing Objects
Agency and the “Star War” Glyph
Agricultural Pole Rituals and Rulership in Late Formative Central Jalisco
A Divine Wind
Potbelly Sculpture
Wooden Figurines, Scepters, and Religious Specialists in Pre-Columbian Maya Society
A Mayacuria Regis
K'inich and King
The team for a new age
Sculptural Traditionalism and Innovation in the Classic Maya Kingdom of Sak Tz'i', Mexico
Classic Maya Mortuary Anniversaries at Piedras Negras, Guatemala
Excavations in the Great Plaza North Terrace and North Acropolis of Tikal
Authority
Tortillas for the gods
Pagan priests
Reader in comparative religion
Ancient Zapotec ritual and religion
Ideology and pre-Columbian civilizations
Authority
The Monuments and Inscriptions of Tikal--The Carved Monuments
Religion in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico
The Maya scribe and his world
Maya history and religion
Economy and Society
Painting the Maya universe
Classic Maya political history
Rituals of royalty
Ritual, politics, and power
Referential practice
Continuity and change in Roman religion
Classic Maya place names
Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing World
Kings or People
Religious Syncretism
The King's Two Bodies
The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar
On the Subject of "Java"
Masks of the Spirit
Zinacantan
Economy and Society
Masking Empire
Culture and its Creators
The stranger‐king or Dumézil among the Fijians ∗
Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica
Maya Society under Colonial Rule
Man‐Gods In the Mexican Highlands
A Conversation With K. C. Chang
The Founders of Lineages at Copan and other Maya Sites
Masks of the Spirit
Royal Auto-Sacrifice among the Maya
Archaeology and religion
The Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Cult of Sacred War at Teotihuacan
The Religious Commitment
Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians
The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times
Lords of the Underworld
The Mixtec Kings and Their People
Ethnology of the Western Mixe
The Mixtec Kings and Their People
Man-Gods in the Mexican Highlands
The Palenque Triad
Symbol and Meaning Beyond the Closed Community
Kingship in the Late Preclassic Maya Lowlands
Der Morgensternkult in den Darstellungen der Dresdener Mayahandschrift
| Unique citing works | 142 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,9 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 142 |