Nito

Nito is a Maya ruin site in the mouth of the Río Dulce on the Gulf of Honduras in Guatemala .

history

Already in the late classical era, the Nito trading center was built a little west of today's Livingston . The Maya had a lively trade network across the rivers far inland and along the Caribbean coast around the Yucatán . The nearest trading center was Naco . At the time of the Conquista , the Acalán Maya, a subgroup of the Chontal Maya or the Putún Maya , dominated trade in this region. The brother of Prince Paxbolonacha from Itzamkanac controlled their settlement in Nito.

When Hernán Cortés founded the nearby town of La Natividad in 1524 , he settled the place with 20 Spaniards who had previously stayed in Nito and Naco. Today the town of San Gil de Buena Vista is located in the Nitos catchment area.

See also

• List of Mayan ruins

literature

• John W. Fox: Maya Postclassic State Formation , 1987, pp. 3, 197, 208, 232, 242.
• John S. Henderson: The World of the Ancient Maya , 1997, pp. 48, 58-60, 251.

Web links

• Guatemala Photo: Archaeological Site El Nito Maya (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gordon R. Willey (Hrsb.): Handbook of Middle American Indians , Volume 3, 2014, p.166.