This is a list of rulers of Tikal, a major city-state of the Maya Lowlands during the Classic period. Tikal is known to have had at least 33 rulers from the 1st through 9th centuries AD. Twenty-seven of these have been identified, as of 2008.[n 1]
Background
The monarchy of Tikal is the oldest yet known in the Maya Lowlands, having been founded at the turn of the 1st century AD.[1] The dynasty is last attested in the late 9th century, after a span of some 800 years and at least 33 rulers.[2] Thorough excavations, first begun by the University of Pennsylvania, and later by the Guatemalan Institute of Archaeology, have uncovered troves of epigraphic data which Mayanists have employed to reconstruct Tikal's dynastic lineage.[2] As of 2008, 27 rulers have been identified, including at least one woman.
Maya monarchs, listing known rulers of various Classic and Postclassic Maya states
Lists of ancient kings, listing lists of known rulers of various ancient Old and New World states
Notes and references
Explanatory footnotes
^Dates sourced from Martin & Grube 2008 are in the Julian calendar, converted from the Maya Long Count via the GMT+2 correlation (Martin & Grube 2008, p. 13).
^English language names are provisional nicknames based on rulers' identifying glyphs, where their Maya language names have not yet been definitively deciphered phonetically.
FAMSI (2012) [First published ca 2004 by FAMSI]. "Maya Royal Dynasties"(PDF). FAMSI (Guide) (Revised by Inga E Calvin ed.). Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Archived(PDF) from the original on 18 June 2023.
Martin S, Grube N (2008) [First published 2000 by Thames & Hudson]. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (2nd ed.). London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN978-0-500-28726-2. LCCN2008396649.
Sharer RJ, Traxler LP (2006) [First published 1946 by SUP]. The Ancient Maya (6th ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN0-8047-4816-0. LCCN2005003043.
