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2012 Maya Hieroglyphic Workshop
“History and Rhetoric in the Monuments of Piedras Negras”
Friday Evening, October 12th, Saturday October 13th, 9 am to 5 pm, Sunday October 14th, 9 am to 4 pm
Piedras Negras, a large site located on the Guatemalan side of the Usumacinta River, is of great importance to Mayanists because of its long and well preserved series of monuments. These sculptures, in the form of stela, altars, and wall panels, are central to the historiography of Maya studies. In her analysis of these inscriptions about fifty years ago, the scholar Tatiana Proskouriakoff proved that these texts primarily concern the lives and rituals of rulers, rather than gods. In this workshop, we will discuss the implications of Proskouriakoff’s argument for the understanding of dynastic history at Piedras Negras, as well as explore the further significance of these texts as instruments of political discourse.
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