A Late Classic Maya kingdom in the Chiapas highlands whose kings waged a generations-long war with rival Palenque, capturing Palenque's ruler Kʼan Joy Chitam II in AD 711 to become the dominant power of the lower Usumacinta region; its stucco and in-the-round stone sculpture are among the finest in the Maya world.
Continued raising monuments longer than almost any other Classic Maya city — its Monument 101 bears the last known Long Count date in the Maya lowlands (15 January 909 CE) — before succumbing to the wider Terminal Classic collapse.
Monograph by the INAH archaeologist who led Toniná's excavation and helped decipher its dynastic history.