Yuknoom Head

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Not to be confused with Yuknoom Ti' Chan.
Yuknoom Head
Ajaw
King of Calakmul
Reign630-636
PredecessorTajoom Uk'ab K'ahk'
SuccessorYuknoom Ch'een II
BornCalakmul
Died636
Calakmul
FatherScroll Serpent
MotherLady
ReligionMaya religion
Section of stucco frieze with a prominent human face in the centre, surrounded by elaborate decoration.
Maya civilization
History
Preclassic Maya
Classic Maya collapse
Spanish conquest of the Maya
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Yuknoom Head[pronunciation?] (Cauac[pronunciation?] Head) was a king of the Maya Kaan Kingdom (also known as the Snake Kingdom). He ruled AD 630-636.

Reign[]

The campaign to reassert Kaan’s hegemony over Naranjo after its defection following the death of faithful sublord seems to have been initiated by Yuknoom Head’s predecessor Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk'.[1] A probable sponsor of two Naranjo defeats by Snake client K'an II of Caracol, Tajoom Uk’ab K’ahk' himself was involved in what might have been a related warfare event in AD 627, but it was Yuknoom Head who took direct and decisive action with a "star war" conquest of Naranjo in 631.

The record of this military victory, carved on Naranjo Hieroglyphic Stairway 1, calls Yuknoom Head the kaanal ajaw ta uxte'tuun - "the Kaan lord at Uxte'tuun", this being the ancient place name of Calakmul. A reasonable inference is that previous Snake kings were based elsewhere (perhaps at Dzibanche).

A second military success, this one against an unknown site, was achieved by Yuknoom Head in 636.

Stelae 76 and 78 can be attributed to Yuknoom Head although they are eroded.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Martin and Grube 2008:72, 106
  2. ^ Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube
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