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Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consist of tall, sculpted stone shafts and are often associated with low circular stones referred to as altars, although their actual function is uncertain. [ 2 ]
Archeologists have excavated 45 stelae from Naachtun. One specific stelae-Stela 18- “presents a gigantic women crushing a confined Ox-Te-Tun captive beneath her.” [4] Stelae 18 is located on the terrace in front of Structure XXXVIII in Group B, on the east side of the main plaza. It is dated to the Late Classic period.
Stelae in a few sites display a much more three-dimensional appearance where locally available stone permits, such as at Copán and Toniná. [28] Plain stelae do not appear to have been painted nor overlaid with stucco decoration, [31] but most Maya stelae were probably brightly painted in red, yellow, black, blue and other colours. [32]
The earliest known use of the title comes from a Maya stela at the archaeological site of Yaxchilan and dates to the mid 8th century AD. The name is recorded in inscriptions at widely spaced Maya cities including Seibal , Motul de San José and Chichen Itza .
Coba (Spanish: Cobá) is an ancient Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.The site is the nexus of the largest network of stone causeways of the ancient Maya world, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period (AD 600–900) of Mesoamerican civilization. [1]
Stela 3 bears a non-Maya calendrical date, one of the glyphs is cipactli, a crocodile head used to represent the first day of the 260-day calendar in central Mexico. [121] This stela once stood next to Stela 2 but was removed to a museum in Guatemala City. [122] Stela 4 is badly damaged, having been broken into pieces by a falling tree. It was ...
Approximately 40 Maya stelae have been recovered at Yaxha, half of which were plain monuments without sculpted faces. [24] Stela A is a plain stela that was raised upon the platform at the southern (lake-side) end of the Lake Causeway during the Terminal Classic. [20] Stela 3 is
These stelae were made of a soft limestone that came from the bedrock within the PfB area. According to Nikolai Grube , the composition of this material accounted for why the stelae were so eroded. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Nonetheless, Thompson was able read a date on Stela 7 of 9.17.10.0.0.