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EARLY CLASSIC MAYA HISTORY

A. 8.12.14.8.15 13 Men 3 Zip (July 8, 292)
    1. Stela 29
 B. 8.14.3.1.12 1 Eb (Sept. 17, 320)
    1. Leiden Plaque
 C. 8.14.10.13.15 (April 11, 328)
    1. earliest date known from Uaxactun
    2. Stela 9, Uaxactun
       a) standing figure with royal belt holding god head
 D. 8.16.0.0.0 (February 3, 357)
    1. earliest stelae (18 & 19 from Uaxactun) to record
       katun-ending dates
    2. Stela 19, Uaxactun
       a) standing figure with serpent bar and kneeling captive
    3. same date as earliest stela (Stela 5) at Yaxha
 E. 8.17.0.0.0 (October 21, 376)
    1. Stela 39, Tikal
       a) found interred in Str. 5D-86-6 in Lost World complex
          1) building at center of E-group style architecture
          2) huge, four-staired pyramid with talud-tablero terraces
          3) faces east at set of three buildings
          4) LaPorte believes Great Jaguar Paw is buried here
       b) Great Jaguar Paw
          1) Chac-Xib-Chac dangling from belt
          2) holds executioner's axe
          3) captive is a bearded noble
       c) ends the 17th katun
 F. 8.17.1.4.12 11 Eb 15 Mac (January 16, 378)
    1. Stela 5, Uaxactun
       a) Smoking Frog
          1) shown as conqueror
          2) holds club inset with obsidian blades
          3) incensario in the form of Uaxactun place name
             a> similar to one on Stela 39, Tikal
       b) commemorates a bloodletting event
    2. Stela 22, Uaxactun
       a) refers to date retrospectively
    3. "Ballcourt Marker"
       a) glyph in the shape of an old god
          1) trifurcated blade over his eye
          2) four-petaled flower on side of head
       b) discusses victory of Smoking Frog
    4. also mentioned retrospectively on Stela 31, Tikal
 G. 8.17.2.16.17 (September 13, 379)
    1. Stela 4, Tikal
       a) Curl-Snout accedes to throne of Tikal
       b) less than two years after conquest of Uaxactun
 H. 8.18.0.0.0 (July 8, 396)
    1. earliest date of katun-ending celebration at Tikal
    2. Stela 4, Uaxactun
       a) katun-ending ritual celebrated by Smoking Frog
    3. Stela 18, Tikal
       a) celebrates same katun-ending and names Smoking Frog
       b) Smoking Frog named as "yahau" or vassal
 I. 9.0.10.0.0 (October 17, 447)
    1. Stela 31, Tikal
       a) Stormy Sky celebrates end of first katun in power at Tikal
    2. other events on stela
       a) 8.14.0.0.0 (August 30, 317)
          1) mention of Jaguar Paw
          2) dates before Leiden Plaque
       b) 8.17.0.0.0 (Oct. 19, 376)
          1) period ending date
       c) 8.17.1.3.12 11 Eb 15 Mac (Jan. 16, 378)
          1) war against Uaxactun
       d) 8.17.2.16.17 (Sept. 13, 379)
          1) accession of Curl-Snout
       e) 8.17.18.17.2 (June 26, 395)
          1) temple dedicated by Curl-Snout
       f) 8.17.2.16.17 (Sept. 13, 379) or 8.19.7.9.17 (Sept. 2, 423)
          1) Curl-Snout's scepter display in the land of Smoking Frog
       g) 8.18.0.0.0 (July 8, 396)
          1) Curl-Snout's katun ending as "one-katun" ahau
             a> suggests he was a child when he acceded
       h) 8.19.5.2.5 (April 13, 421)
       i) 8.18.15.11.0 (November 27, 411)
          1) alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus
          2) triple conjunction that lasted until March
          3) may be accession of Stormy Sky
       j) 8.19.10.0.0 (February 1, 426)
          1) Stormy Sky may have acceded on this date
          2) Stormy Sky completed half-period of 19th katun
       k) June 11, 439
          1) Venus near easternmost elongation
          2) Stormy-Sky performs ritual of donning headdress
             a> becomes a "spearthrower-owl"
                1> Great Jaguar Paw was the first
       l) 9.0.10.1.0 (October 17, 447)
          1) dedicatory date for the monument
 J. 9.1.1.10.10 (March 20, 457)
    1. Burial 48
       a) identified as tomb of Stormy Sky
       b) painted date on wall of tomb
          1) probable date of Stormy Sky's death

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