Kan Maax

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Kan Maax (fl. 800 CE), alternatively transliterated as K'an Maax, has been identified as the last known ruler of Cancuen, a pre-Columbian Maya polity located at the headwaters of the Pasion River in modern-day Guatemala. In 2005 an archaeological project working at the site reported that a burial with high-status characteristics had been found. The male individual interred within was reportedly identified as Kan Maax from a necklace bearing his name and title in Maya glyphs.[1]

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  1. ^ Moran & Koumenalis (2005); Skidmore (2005)

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Demarest, Arthur A. (2006). The Petexbatun Regional Archaeological Project: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Maya Collapse, Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology series, vol. 1. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 978-0-8265-1520-9. OCLC 63178772. 
Moran, Melanie; and Mimi Koumenalis (2005-11-18). "Royal massacre signals the beginning of the end of the Maya empire". Exploration: Vanderbilt's Online Research Magazine. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University. 
Pérez, Sonia (2005-06-03). "Hallan tumba de familia real de Cancuén: Once presuntos familiares de rey habrían sido muertos en Petén en 850 d. C" (online edition). Prensa Libre. Guatemala: Prensa Libre S.A.. OCLC 12565005.  (Spanish)
Skidmore, Joel (2005-11-19). Cancuen in the News. Mesoweb Reports and News. Mesoweb. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
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