List_of_rulers_of_Copan

List of kings of Copán

List of kings of Copán

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This is a list of the kings of the ancient Maya city-state Copán (current western Honduras). The list only includes kings after 426 when K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' reformed Copán.[1]

Altar Q, erected by King Yax Pac in 776 AD. The 16 kings of Copan, beginning with Yax Kuk Mo in 426 AD., is portrayed each in chronological order. Each king is seated on a version of his particular name glyph.

Copán was ruled by the Yax Kuk Mo dynasty, installed in 426, by Teotihuacan influence and support of the king Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II of Tikal, ruled between the 5th and 9th century. The architectural works (buildings, pyramids, statues, temples, altars and sports centers) built in Copán during the government of the Yax K'uk Mo' dynasty are preserved today, being accessible to the general public. Yax Kuk Mo means First Quetzal Macaw.

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Copán was completely abandoned around the year 827 AD.

Notes

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    This list is compiled from the Copán kings list in Sharer and Traxler 2006, pp. 336-8 and Martin & Grube 2000, pp. 190-213.

References

  • Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05103-8. OCLC 47358325.
  • Sharer, Robert J.; Loa P. Traxler (2006). The Ancient Maya (6th (fully revised) ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4817-9. OCLC 57577446.
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