... Mayapan. They were reinforced with thousands of slaves, used as porters and labourers, and others, considered as “cannon fodder”, which were used as expendable soldiers to annihilate the small pockets of resistance in their path ...
... Mayapan provided centralized political authority without obliterating distinc- tions among lineages . Mayapan appears to have begun as a fairly minor ceremo- nial center dedicated to the worship of Kukulcan . Its princi- pal temple was ...
... Mayapan's rulers . At the same time , the rulers of the provinces had to be supported by their own subjects , thus sparing the rulers of Mayapan from having to provide their upkeep ! Warfare and captive taking were clearly means of ...
... Mayapan . Some basal break bowls at Mayapan have effigy supports . Effigy supports are not definitely linked with this form on the east coast , but they occur in Tulum Red ware . Mayapan Red has a variety of forms in supports . One ...
... Mayapan . 29. Mayapan Unslipped Ware basins , bowls , dishes , a plate , and covers from Mayapan . 30. Mayapan Unslipped Ware vases , censers , effigy cups , Mayapan Red Ware cups , and Chichen Un- slipped Ware censer from Mayapan . 31.
... Mayapan attacked Ulil of Itzamal and forced his people into exile. In k'atun 4 Ahaw (11.1 .0.0.0: A.D. 1244) The Itza, in concert with the men of Ulil of Itzamal, attacked Mayapan. Stela 4 of Mayapan celebrated 4 Ahaw. In k'atun 2 Ahaw ...
... Mayapan temples resemble those of Chichen - Itza , although without the refinement of the latter . Mayapan shows a mixture of architectural elements characteristic of both the Maya and the peoples of Central Mexico . The city occupies ...
... Mayapan was built . It became the capital city of a group of cities known as the Mayapan League . For more than 200 years , the Mayapan League and Chichen Itza struggled for control of the desert area . The people at Chichen Itza ...
... Mayapan According to the chronicles , in A.D. 1221 the hegemony of Chichen Itza was broken . Mayapan , the new dominant center , was built after the fall of Chichen Itza , and sixteenth - century documents report that it had been ...
... Mayapan (ca. A.D. 1250–1400), the last great capital city of the northern Maya lowlands, has often been described as “decadent.” Such descriptions ... Mayapan Our understanding of Mayapan has evolved over Poor Mayapan 12 12. Poor Mayapan.