About the Glyph [T544.501] and the Classic Maya Geopolitical Communities

Abstract

This paper focuses on the Maya glyph [T544.501]. On one side the article offers a carefully review of the contexts where the hieroglyph appears for, from these, suggest that it may be a logogram with possible OCH ("entrance") reading. Moreover, considering the predominant appearance of this hieroglyph in contexts which relate to geopolitical groups, and beyond its phonetic value, the article also analyzes the historical dynamics that have experienced these Late Classic political groupings as narrate the texts where appears the glyph in question.

Keywords

• Jeroglífico maya [T544.501], colectividades geopolíticas mayas clásicas, escritura maya, desciframiento maya, cuevas mayas