February 12, 2025
Photo: The main plaza of Q’umarkaj (Photo by Juan Vidal Luis).
Join us for a virtual presentation and Q&A hosted by the AIA Societies Committee, featuring archaeologist Iyaxel Cojtí Ren. The presentation will be given at 1pm Eastern/12pm Central/11am Mountain/10am Pacific. Click here to register!
In the Maya highlands during the Late Postclassic period (1250-1524 CE), the K’iche’ created an expansive state able to subdue various nations and form a network of dependent polities. In her talk, Communal Government and Forms of Dependency in the K’iche’ State, Iyaxel will explain how the success of the K’iche’ was rooted in local community organization and how these communities were integrated into the larger K’iche’ political structure.
We will learn about chinamit and amaq’, forms of community organization where members practiced communal solidarity and forms of communal government, which were vital for reproduction, problem-solving, and territorial defense. The K’iche’ state’s strength resulted from incorporating these communities, and adopting some of their values and forms of government.
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The lecture will also be available in American Sign Language and we will also enable auto captioning on Zoom. Due to Zoom limitations on mobile devices and tablets, participants interested in accessing ASL interpretation should log in using the desktop version of Zoom.
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