Kan Maax Explained
Kan Maax (fl. 800CE), alternatively transliterated as K'an Maax, has been identified as the last known ruler of Cancuén, a pre-Columbian Maya polity located at the headwaters of the Pasion River in modern-day Guatemala.
In 2005 an archaeological project working at the site reported that a burial with high-status characteristics had been found. The male individual interred within was reportedly identified as Kan Maax from a necklace bearing his name and title in Maya glyphs.[1]
His body was found with the remains of his queen.
References
- Book: Demarest, Arthur A. . Arthur Demarest . 2006 . The Petexbatun Regional Archaeological Project: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Maya Collapse . Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology series, vol. 1 . Nashville, TN . . 978-0-8265-1520-9 . 63178772.
- Moran, Melanie . Mimi Koumenalis . 2005-11-18 . Royal massacre signals the beginning of the end of the Maya empire . Exploration: Vanderbilt's Online Research Magazine . . Nashville, TN . 2008-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080306174341/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exploration/stories/mayamassacre.html . 2008-03-06 . dead .
- Pérez, Sonia . 2005-06-03 . Hallan tumba de familia real de Cancuén: Once presuntos familiares de rey habrían sido muertos en Petén en 850 d. C . online edition . . Guatemala . Prensa Libre S.A. . 12565005 . 2008-05-02 . https://archive.today/20080416213809/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2005/junio/03/115808.html . 2008-04-16 . es . dead .
- Web site: Skidmore, Joel . 2005-11-19 . Cancuen in the News . Mesoweb Reports and News . Mesoweb . 2008-05-02.
Notes and References
- Moran & Koumenalis (2005); Skidmore (2005)
