1 - Histomesoamericana

was the seat of the cycle to 731
to 771, the end of the Itza cycle,
to 810 to 849 to 889, Chichen
Itza ruled two hundred years.
Then it was destroyed and they
went to Champoton, the home
of the imperial Itza. By 968
they finished subjugating the
THE SEVENTH CENTURY
(Uac Ahau)*
Can Ahau
Cabil Ahau
Ox lahun Ahau
Lai tzolc i*
Pop
Buluc Ahau
Bolon Ahau
Uuc Ahau
Ho Ahau
Ox Ahau
Hun Ahau*
««*« = ^3B> ¿SB»
Lahun kal hab
C u tepal Chi Ch'en Ytza*
Ca pax i
Ca bin ob
T cantal*
Chakan Putun*
Ti y anh i
Y otochob*
Ah Ytzaob
Ku y an uinicob i*
Uac Ahau
Chue cu*
30
35
40
45
50
(6 Ahau) (711),
4 Ahau (731),
2 Ahau (751),
13 Ahau (771).
That was the counting
Of the mats.
11 Ahau (790),
9 Ahau (810),
7 Ahau (830),
5 Ahau (849),
3 Ahau (869),
1 Ahau (889).
Two hundred years
Chichen Itza ruled.
Then it was destroyed.
Then they went
To the settlement
Of Champoton,
Where there were then
The homes
Of the Itza,
The gods who own men.
6 Ahau (968)
Completed the seating
27. Uac Ahau has been omitted.
31. The mats were counted at the end of the (Itza) katun cycle. Since mats
were symbols of authority, frequently paired with thrones, counting them was a
ritual confirmation of inherited ranks. Succession was not automatic,- it involved
an examination in ritual knowledge.
38. Barrera 1948: 60 continues this count down to 8 Ahau, which he interprets
as 692.
40. That is, 692 to 889.
43.1 read ti cahtal.
44. Chichen Itza was the primate city for 200 years. Then it was destroyed and
the primacy was moved to Champoton. This occurred at the end of 8 Ahau or the
beginning of 6 Ahau (ca. 948). A period of 40 years in the wilderness may have
intervened. Being the seat of the cycle [may cu), as opposed to the seat [hetz') of
the katun, theoretically established dynastic preeminence for a period of 260 tuns
(ca. 256 years). The Chumayel gives Chichen Itza the full 260 tuns-, the Tizimin
awards it 200; the Mani strips it to 120. Doubtless, political differences are involved,
but the terminal date is not affected. Chakan Putun 'meadow swamp' is
the modern Champoton. Barrera 1948: 140 translates the name as 'plain of putun
chiles'. Putun also means 'Chontal' (Roys 1935: 4).
46. Otoch 'home' contrasts with na 'house' as a dwelling place as opposed to a
residence. One implication may be that the Itza formerly lived in Champoton.
48. Barrera 1948: 60 has 'religious men'; Brinton 1882: 145 says 'holy men'.
Kuyan 'bent' could also mean 'sacrificed people'.
50. The Chumayel places this in 4 Ahau. It must have been around the end of 6
Ahau and the beginning of 4 Ahau (968).