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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche' has mentioned 'Stelae' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 Etymology 2 Location 3 Population and extent 4 Known rulers 5 Emblem Glyph 6 History 6.1 Calakmul vs. Tikal 6.2 Preclassic 6.3 Early Classic 6.4 Late Classic 6.4.1 War with Palenque 6.4.2 Rebellion at Naranjo 6.4.3 Apogee 6.4.3.1 Calakmul and Dos Pilas 6.4.4 Later kings 6.4.4.1 Calakmul and Quiriguxc3xa1 6.4.5 Collapse 6.5 Modern history 7 Site description 7.1 Water control 7.2 Causeways 7.3 Structures 7.4 Stelae, murals and ceramics 7.5 Royal burial 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links | WIKI |
| [14] The kingdom also included a large number of tertiary and quaternary sites, mostly fairly small and consisting of a number of groups arranged around courtyards, although there are also larger rural sites situated on ridges along the edges of the bajos that include temples, palaces and stelae. | WIKI |
| [28] Early hieroglyphic texts from stelae found in Structure 2 record the probable enthronement of a king of Calakmul in AD 411 and also records a non-royal site ruler in 514. | WIKI |
| Maya civilization People Society Languages Writing Religion Mythology Sacrifice Cities Architecture Astronomy Calendar Stelae Art Textiles Trade Music Dance Medicine Cuisine Warfare History Preclassic Maya Classic Maya collapse Spanish conquest of the Maya Yucatxc3xa1n Chiapas Guatemala Petxc3xa9n vte | WIKI |
| [41] Two stelae were erected at Calakmul in 623 but their texts are too badly damaged to reveal the names of the royal couple involved. | WIKI |
| [44] A significant increase in the production of stelae at the city began with his reign and 18 stelae were commissioned by the king. | WIKI |
| [55] No stelae remain standing in the site core recording Yuknoom Yich'aal K'ak, although there are some in the Northeast Group and 2 broken stelae were buried in Structure 2. | WIKI |
| [56] He erected seven stelae to celebrate a calendrical event in 702 and is named at Dos Pilas in that year, presumably demonstrating that Dos Pilas was still a vassal of Calakmul. | WIKI |
| [56] Yuknoom Took' K'awiil commissioned seven more stelae to mark the k'atun-ending of 731. | WIKI |
| Five large stelae were raised in 741, although the name of the king responsible is illegible on all of them and he has been labelled as Ruler Y. | WIKI |
| [67] B'olon K'awiil was king by 771 when he raised two stelae and he was mentioned at Toninxc3xa1 in 789. | WIKI |
| [10] The majority of the surviving population probably consisted of commoners who had occupied the elite architecture of the site core but the continued erection of stelae into the early 10th century and the presence of high status imported goods such as metal, obsidian, jade and shell, indicate a continued occupation by royalty until the final abandonment of the city. | WIKI |
| [7] A year later he informed Sylvanus Morley of the site's existence and the presence of more than 60 stelae. | WIKI |
| [7] In the 1930s surveys mapped the site core and recorded 103 stelae. | WIKI |
| [81] A number of stelae were erected at its base by Yuknoom Took' K'awiil in 731. | WIKI |
| [86] At a later time buildings were erected along the base of the facade, each of these contained stelae. | WIKI |
| [72] It was surrounded by 10 stelae, many dated to the 7th century AD although the building itself was first erected in the Preclassic period. | WIKI |
| Five plain stelae were erected on the south side of the pyramid. | WIKI |
| Stelae, murals and ceramics[edit] | WIKI |
| The site contains 117 stelae, the largest total in the region. | WIKI |
| [7] However, because these carved stelae were produced in soft limestone, most of these stelae have been eroded beyond interpretation. | WIKI |
| [55] Due to the plate and the possible association of Stelae 115 and 116 with the burial the tomb is believed to be that of the late 7th-century king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ak'. | WIKI |
| The hieroglyphic inscriptions on stelae, altars and building elements reveal important facts about the territorial organization and political history, and some epigraphic records provide information that has not been found anywhere else in the Maya Area. | UNESCO |
| While Calakmul, the largest site in the area, displays 120 commemorative stelae with relief carvings, including hieroglyphic inscriptions with important information on regional political history and territorial organization, a number of monuments of this kind have also been found at other major and medium centres, including La Muxc3xb1eca, Uxul, Oxpemul, Balakbal, Champerico, Altamira and Cheyokolnah. | UNESCO |