The curious case of king of Seibal

At the end of the EIGHTH century it had a major crisis in the maya area where several of the most important cities (Tikal, Calakmul, Palenque) were abandoned. This collapse still have several theories, but it was probably due to droughts and their subsequent economic crisis.

However, on the banks of the river, the passion, after that Tikal was abandoned, there was a king who tried to stop the collapse and form a new kingdom out of the ashes of the past. His name was Wat’ul Chatel

Watul Chatel erected several stelae to commemorate their reign and testify of their efforts, but their trails have something very particular: they are gods and glyphs aztec mixed with elements of the mayans.
Some of these stelae have an affinity in style with the painted murals of Cacaxtla, and one of them appears a man with a mustache and a beard (image 1) by wearing a mask of Ehecatl, the lord of the wind mexica; some even carry calendrical glyphs that are not maya.

This hybrid style seems to indicate that the new rulers of Ceibal were noble maya that were adapted to the political conditions changing by adopting a mix of symbols originating from the maya lowlands, and the center of Mexico. Perhaps in an attempt to ingratiate himself with the new cultures flourishing in central Mexico.