A pivot point in Maya history: fire-burning event at Ucanal

[smartmic]

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/pivot-point-in-maya-history-fireburning-event-at-kanwitznal-ucanal-and-the-making-of-a-new-era-of-political-rule/564F837E84443D408CD844424B7F6952

[gfaure]

The end result seems to have been the intentional desecration of the corpses of a previous ruling dynasty in a massive, public bonfire, and the (probably intentional) use of the undifferentiated remains — jewellery, precious beads and more — as construction material.

[gavindean90]

With the other terminal classic period fires maybe we can suggest that there was a change in political power across the Maya world and part of that was burning the old dynasties literally and figuratively as described here.

[RobotToaster]

Fire burning, as opposed to other kinds of burning?

[kevindamm → RobotToaster]

counterpoint: boiling

edit: also radiation, wind, ...

[mistrial9]

on page 4, that drawing is not a likeness of the stone carving on the right.

[AlotOfReading → mistrial9]

That's because it's an illustration of a different altar, #12. The picture is of Altar #13. Both depict the same ruler, which is why they're in the same figure.

[ketanmaheshwari]

Looking at the map, I vaguely recall it is about the same location where the meteor struck that caused extinction of dinosaurs.

[spladug → ketanmaheshwari]

Significantly north and a bit west of there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater