Los cambios de poder en el juego interdinástico: Los gobernantes de Calakmul del siglo V al VIII d.C.

For more than a century, the city of Calakmul was ruled by the Kanu’l dynasty, being one of the most powerful political entities of the Late Classic period. However, the Kanu’l seem to have arrived at Calakmul only around AD 600. This paper is concerned with the inner social dynamics of the Kanu’l dynasty, considering their mobility and their discourses of origin. Moreover, we will discuss the evidence for the presence of other dominant lineages —contemporary and previous— at Calakmul and other subordinate sites, and we propose a model for an improved understanding of interdynastic dynamics in the Classic period.