Yax Yopaat

Yax Yopaat was a Maya king of the Kaan kingdom (Calakmul) who ruled AD 572-579.^[1]

His life is mostly a mystery for us today.

A monument at Dzibanche records the celebration of the 9.7.0.0.0 k'atun ending by Yax Yopaat in AD 572; his name also appears on a carved slate mirror-back.^[2] As Sky Witness is thought to have died in 572 and Scroll Serpent acceded in 579, this king would have reigned for about six years.^[3]

References

^ Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice, ed. (2005). "Defining the Terminal Classic at Calakmul, Campeche". The Terminal Classic in the Maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. pp. 162–194. ISBN 0-87081-822-8. OCLC 61719499. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
^ Martin and Grube 2008:104
^ Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube

[1] Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice, ed. (2005). "Defining the Terminal Classic at Calakmul, Campeche". The Terminal Classic in the Maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. pp. 162–194. ISBN 0-87081-822-8. OCLC 61719499. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

[2] Martin and Grube 2008:104

[3] Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube

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