Editing Uaxactun (section)

== After 378 AD ==

After the conquest by Siyaj K'ak' in 378 AD, Uaxactun was still able to keep elite prerogatives of monument carving, temple erection, and rich burials during most of the Early Classic era.<ref>"Polities in the northeast Peten, Guatemala" by T. P. Culbert, ''Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence'', edited by T. P. Culbert.</ref> During the Hiatus period (about 600 AD) between Early Classic and Late Classic, Uaxactun experienced a lack of architectural activity and ceramic production, which coincided with the decline of the power of Teotihuacán and Tikal. There was no erection of dedicatory monuments between 554 AD and 711 AD. By the middle of Late Classic, Uaxactun showed evidences of population increase, new construction, remodeling of old structures, and appearance of new residential areas, plaza groups, and buildings. There was a time of distinctive population decrease towards the end of Late Classic.<ref>''Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia'' edited by S. T. Evans and D. L. Webster</ref> The last inscribed monument in Uaxactun is dated to 889.<ref>"Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World" by L. V. Foster</ref> By the end of  Terminal Classic, Uaxactun and Tikal were virtually abandoned.<ref>"Changing Political Alliance in the Three Rivers Region" by L. A. Sullivan and K. L. Sagebiel, "Heterarchy, Political Economy, and the Ancient Maya: The Three Rivers Region of the East-central Yucatàn Peninsula" edited by V. L. Scarborough, F. Valdez, and N. P. Dunning</ref>