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Eastern Chajoma (Cakchiquel) Political Geography: Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Contributions to the Study of a Late Postclassic Highland Maya Polity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Robert M. Hill II
Robert M. Hill II
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Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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Abstract

The Chajoma were a major Late Postclassic polity in highland Guatemala. Referred to as the Akajal or Akul in the Annals of the Cakchiquels and Popol Vuh, their territory previously has not been fully defined. Based on a small group of sixteenth-century documents preserved in the records of a later litigation, it is now possible to identify the origins of the Chajoma, approximate the time of their arrival in their new territory, and define the extent of their territory. Combined with information on archaeological sites associated with this occupation, we can provisionally characterize the polity's composition and estimate its population.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , Spring 1996 , pp. 63 - 87
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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