Zaculeu
Zaculeu was a Maya city in present-day Guatemala , near the present-day city of Huehuetenango .
history
Evidence of various construction phases shows that Zaculeu was inhabited since the early classical period (from around 250 to 300 AD). In the post-classical period , the place rose to become a commercial center with connections to Mexico, as indicated by Mexican influences in architecture and the discovery of Mexican luxury goods. Around 1250 Zaculeu became the capital of the Mam -Maya who controlled the place until the sixteenth century.
In 1525 the Spaniard Pedro de Alvarado conquered the city and drove out its inhabitants, whose descendants still live to a large extent in and around Huehuetenango.
See also
literature
- Nikolai Grube (Ed.): Maya. God kings in the rainforest . Könemann-Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8290-1564-X
- Joyce Kelly: An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Univ. Of Oklahoma Pr., Norman 1996, ISBN 0-8061-2858-5 , pp. 203-208.
Web links
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Coordinates: 15 ° 20 ′ N , 91 ° 30 ′ W