One in Three: The Emblem-Glyph of Río Bec
Abstract
The 18 stelae registered in three of the monumental groups of the Río Bec sector –among which at least eleven with inscriptions and iconography, six with legible dates, and three with identical emblem glyphs, one in each group– represent an important source for understanding the region’s political organization. The formal configuration of those three groups and the 19 excavated stratigraphic pits also provide archaeological information that can be combined with the iconographic and epigraphic data. It seems that, at different points in time, in the Río Bec area a system of governance episodically emerged in the style of divine kingship, ubiquitous in the city-states across the Central Maya Lowlands, yet with variations as well as continuity. The Río Bec episodes present characteristics still difficult to define
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