Abstract

FLORES HERNANDEZ, María  and  PEREZ RIVAS, Manuel Eduardo. Alliances and Legitimation Strategies of the Indigenous Nobility in Northern Yucatán along the Postclassic Period: A Comparative and Multidisciplinary Approach. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2012, vol.40, pp.123-166. ISSN 0185-2574.

During pre-Hispanic times, indigenous groups who held political power developed various strategies to legitimize and maintain their privileges with the rest of the population. In the North of Yucatan, some of these practices date back to the Ahauob of the Classic period. However, there were also innovations and integration of elements from other areas such as Central Mexico. Current data suggest that during the Postclassic new government forms emerged, where political and territorial organization hierarchy fell more than ever in the field of human relations which not always left archaeological traces. We present results of a research focused on understanding the interaction of the indigenous nobility or almehe-nob. Through the integration of data and techniques from history, archeology and geography (GIS), we identified patterns that correlate with the narratives of legitimacy and source of power, and also the political and territorial structure of the polities or cuchcabalob of the Postclassic.

Keywords : Ah Kin Ch'el; Postclassic; Yucatan; lineages; SIG.