Itzaes' Political Organization from the Postclassical Period to 1702

This paper attempts to shed new light on the origins and political organization of the Mayan group called the itzaes. Based on the study of glyphs and colonial  sources in Maya, the author tries to establish for the  itzaes where  they came from  and  when they established themselves in Yucatán, as...

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Autores: Caso Barrera, Laura, Aliphat F., Mario M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Historia Mexicana
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/1459
Acceso en línea:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/1459
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mexico
Itzaes
Mesoamerica
Petén
Chichen Itzá
Postclassic
18th Century
México
Mesoamérica
Posclásico
siglo XVIII
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Sumario:This paper attempts to shed new light on the origins and political organization of the Mayan group called the itzaes. Based on the study of glyphs and colonial  sources in Maya, the author tries to establish for the  itzaes where  they came from  and  when they established themselves in Yucatán, as well as the political organization they imposed in cities like Chichén Itzá and Mayapán. Their return to El Petén at the end of the postclassical period, and the political organization they maintained until the Spanish conquest in 1697, are analyzed. The Spanish conquest implied  the obliteration  of that reign and a new political composition whose study has been neglected until now.