El uso político del baile en el Clásico maya: el baile de K’awiil

  • Ana García Barrios
  • Rogelio Valencia Rivera

Abstract

During the Classic Period, ceremonial dancing was used as a public mechanism to evidence power relationships among the Maya. This was specially notorious in a very specific dance performed during the celebrations related to the change of government; in which the king dances holding a K’awiil sceptre. This dance was represented in public inscriptions when the right of the king to govern was not very clear, ending up as a consolidation mechanism employed in some Maya sites with a Calakmul’s filiation

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Published
2007-09-21
How to Cite
García Barrios A. . y Valencia Rivera R. . (2007). El uso político del baile en el Clásico maya: el baile de K’awiil. Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 37(2), 23-38. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/REAA/article/view/REAA0707220023A
Issue
Vol. 37 No. 2 (2007)
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