La Estela 87 de Tak’alik Ab’aj: ensayo de un estudio colaborativo

A collaborative study reveals that Stela 87, discovered in situ at Tak’alik Ab’aj, provides critical insights into the Late Preclassic period (100 BC–50 AD) of Maya civilization. The stela's iconography and glyphic text, representing a ruler without a long count date, offer rare evidence for early royal representation on the Pacific Coast region. This finding expands the understanding of early Maya epigraphy and iconography, particularly in the absence of long count dates, which were later adopted in the second part of the Late Preclassic (e.g., Stela 5, 126 AD). The study combines multidisciplinary expertise to analyze this reused sacral element, contributing to a broader reconstruction of early Maya political and symbolic practices.

Schieber de Lavarreda, C., Orrego Corzo, M., Grube, N., Davletshin, A., Mora-Marín, D., Gronemeyer, S., Prager, C., Wagner, E., Garay, A., Chinchilla, O., et al. (2022). La Estela 87 de Tak’alik Ab’aj: ensayo de un estudio colaborativo. Estudios de Cultura Maya, 60, 11–55. https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.60.23x00s701