Two Classic Maya ballplayer panels from Tipan Chen Uitz, Belize

• Autores: Christopher R. Andres, Christophe Helmke, Shawn G. Morton, Gabriel D. Wrobel
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 91, Nº 359, 2017, págs. 1285-1298
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Recent archaeological investigations at Tipan Chen Uitz, Belize, yielded two remarkable Classic Maya ballplayer panels. Iconographic and glyphic analysis of these panels within a regional context provides new insights into large-scale socio-political relationships, demonstrating that the ballgame was an important means and mechanism for macro-political affiliation in the Maya Lowlands. The panels suggest that Tipan was part of a wider system of vassalage that tied it to other Maya centres, including Naranjo, a regional capital under the dominion of Calakmul where the Snake-Head dynasty held sway. The data presented here underpin a more general discussion of archaeological approaches to ancient interaction spheres.