This presentation summarizes recent efforts to investigate more than 200 inscribed blocks from three hieroglyphic stairways at the archaeological site of El Resbalón, the city of Ek’ Witz (“Star Mountain”) according to Classic-period texts. A combination of photography, photogrammetry, and structured-light scanning was used to create digital replicas of every block. Scaled 3D-printed models and historical photographs from the original excavations helped reconstruct the original layout of the monuments and the narratives that they recorded. El Resbalón stairways were dedicated in AD 529-568, the time when the great city of Teotihuacan fell, and when the royal house of Dzibanché-Kaanu’l , just 8 miles south of El Resbalón, rose to become the dominant political power in the entire Maya world. The narratives on the hieroglyphic stairways reflect how local leaders and intellectuals made sense of the transition and sought a place for their own community in a shifting political and cultural landscape.