El renacer de los Reyes: Imagen, contexto y significado del friso de Balamku, Campeche, Mexico

The frieze of Structure 1-A Sub of Balamku, Campeche, is one of the most complex Maya artistic expressions of the Classic period (250-900 AD), focused on the exaltation of the sacréd rulers. For an integral understanding of this monument it is necessary to go beyond approaches from iconography and art history. Instead, a broader and detailed study is needed of the immediate architectural context, which could have had an impact on the meaning of the monument; the surrounding built environmen...