Tan Teʼ Kʼinich was a
Maya
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* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (East Africa), a p ...
king
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of the ancient
city
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of
Aguateca
Aguateca is a Maya site located in northern Guatemala's Petexbatun Basin, in the department of Petén. The first settlements at Aguateca date to the Late Preclassic period (300 BC - AD 350). The center was occupied from about 200 B.C. unti ...
, in the
Petén Department
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of modern
Guatemala
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.
Biography
He was born on January 22, 748. His father was the king
Uchaʼan Kʼan Bʼalam.
Aguateca Stela 19 records a battle that he fought in 778 and also mentions his father.
In 802 Tan Teʼ Kʼinich presided over a ceremony performed by
Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot
Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot (25 June 760 - ?) was a Maya king of La Amelia, an ancient city near Itzan in the Petén Department of modern Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bord ...
at
La Amelia
La Amelia is a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site near Itzan, in the lower Pasión River region of the Petén Department of Guatemala. It formed a polity in the Late Classic (AD 600 to 830), and was involved in the war between Tikal and Cala ...
.
[Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 409]
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References
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External links
Tan Teʼ Kʼinich at Mesoweb
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Kings of Aguateca
8th-century Maya people
8th-century monarchs in North America