Topoxte (/tɒpɒʃtˈɛ/) (or Topoxté in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Petén Basin in northern Guatemala with a long occupational history dating as far back as the Middle Preclassic.[2] As the capital of the Kowoj Maya, it was the largest of the few Postclassic Mesoamerican sites in the area. Topoxte is located on an island on Yaxha Lake across from the important Classic period center of Yaxha.[3]
Topoxte was named by Teobert Maler in 1904;[4] the name means "seed of the Ramón tree." There is no record of the name Topoxte prior to this.[4] The Ramón tree, commonly known as breadnut, was an important component of the ancient Maya diet. Prior to this the site was known as Islapag, as noted in 1831 by Juan Galindo in his report to the Society of Antiquaries of London.[4]
Topoxte (/tɒpɒʃtˈɛ/) (or Topoxté in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Petén Basin in northern Guatemala with a long...
subtype for this climate is Aw (Tropical Savanna Climate). Riviera Maya Topoxte Juan Díaz (Spanish conquistador) Juan de Grijalva Cartwright, Mark (February...
Mam Early Postclassic 900–1200 CE Cholula, Tula, Mitla, El Tajín, Tulum, Topoxte, Kaminaljuyú, Joya de Cerén Late Postclassic 1200–1521 CE Tenochtitlan...
This specific variant appears at central Petén sites including Zacpetén, Topoxte, and Muralla de Leon, all of which lie within the reconstructed Ko'woj...
Cayo Julio Cayo Grande Cayo Palomo Cuatro Cayos Lake Yaxhá Canté Paxté Topoxte Lake Petén Itzá Flores Geography of Guatemala Wikimedia Atlas of Guatemala...
Galindo, governor of Petén, described the ruins of the Postclassic city of Topoxte in 1834. Modesto Méndez, a later governor of Petén, published a description...
to those at Mayapan. Topoxte in Lake Yaxha, Peten also shares similarities of architecture and artifacts of effigy censers. Topoxte architectural remains...
The tree lends its name to the Maya archaeological sites of Iximché and Topoxte, both in Guatemala and Tamuin (reflecting the Maya origin of the Huastec...
distance from its original location. Some plain stelae were raised at Topoxté in the Petén Lakes region of Guatemala in the Postclassic; these were perhaps...
5 sq mi) and incorporates the remains of four ancient Maya cities: Yaxha, Topoxte, Nakum and Naranjo, as well as 10 intermediate sites and more than 280...
descriptions of Nojpetén correspond better to the archaeological site of Topoxte on Lake Yaxha. Chase 1976. See also the detailed rebuttal by Jones, Rice...
north of the Petén Basin of Guatemala. Another mirror from Petén, found at Topoxte, has a circular band of text on the back that includes the phrase u-nen...
Clemencia Cream Paste Ware: marly “white” or cream; used to manufacture Topoxté ware. "Whether painted or incised, decoration appeared in circumferential...
itself professed to have a legitimate claim to the rulership of Tikal. Topoxte List of Maya sites Sharer & Traxler 2006, p.618. Valdés & Fahsen 2005,...
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