A powerful Classic Maya city-state (Mayan: Yo'k'ib') on the north bank of the Usumacinta River in the Petén, renowned for its unusually large sculptural output — the corpus of stelae, panels, and altars that let archaeologists reconstruct one of the best-documented royal dynasties of the Classic period.
Politically eclipsed and abandoned after conflict with its neighbor and former ally Yaxchilan around 808 AD, amid the broader Classic Maya collapse of the region; ceramic evidence shows the site remained occupied in a diminished form to roughly 850 AD before final abandonment. Rediscovered by 19th-century explorers.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Piedras Negras — the shape you scrub through changes in 400 · 629 · 751.
Reign-by-reign dynastic history of Piedras Negras (and Quiriguá, Copán, Palenque) reconstructed from its own monuments.
Narrative political history of the Classic Maya including Piedras Negras's rivalry and alliance with Yaxchilan.