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as one its main deities. One of Acalan's coastal settlements was called Tixchel "At the place of Ixchel". The Spanish conqueror, Hernán Cortés, tells us

Scholes, France V., and Ralph Roys. The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel. Washington, D.C., 1948. Includes a unique text in Chontal that tells about

during this time it became the capital of the powerful province of Acalan-Tixchel. Upon the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, Itzamkanac had a major

France V.; Roys, Ralph L. (1968). The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel: A Contribution to the History and Ethnography of the Yucatan Peninsula

around 4,000. In 1557 the population was forcibly moved to Tixchel on the Gulf of Mexico coast, so as to be more easily accessible to the Spanish authorities

kilometers to the Southwest of Chakán Putum was the Chontales Mayan city, Tixchel. Chakán Putum was an important point in the commercial route from the Tabasco

Scholes, France V., and Ralph L. Roys, The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1968. Eduard Seler, Die Tierbilder

all six districts of Belize, the Guatemalan department of Peten, and the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. Some recent scholarship

for the history of Yucatan, in three volumes (1936-1938) Acalán Chontals Tixchel, co-authored with Ralph L. Roys [es; de], Eleanor Adams and Robert S. Chamberlin

France V.; Roys, Ralph L. (1968). The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel: A Contribution to the History and Ethnography of the Yucatan Peninsula