ANTH 1140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ajaw
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599 ad: attacked and defeated by calakmul. Wiped out entire male line for eligible rulers: all that"s left = lady ajaw muwaan mat, she becomes ruler in 599. Lady ajaw marries kan mo" hix but he"s not a king. 603 ad: k"inich janaab pakal born to them (lives to 683 80 years old) Takes the throne from mom at age 12. Now pakal = king of palenque: remodels downtown area. Rebuilds the palace (which was destroyed by calakmul) Calakmul put an axe in middle of the throne: recaptures subsidiary states, starts construction on temple of the inscriptions at age 72. 9 levels (9 levels of the underworld) Texts written on back walls (2nd longest hieroglyphic text) Mexican archaeologist in charge of excavating temple of the inscriptions. Finds strange plugs, pulls them up and finds interior staircase: staircase leads down two flights to mortuary of.
