1996/01/01 by Robert M. Hill · 14 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Latin American history and culture #Indigenous Cultures and History #Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics #Polity #Maya #Annals #Archaeology #Geography #Population #Politics #Archaeological record #History #Ethnology #Demography #Sociology #Political science #Law
paper · doi:10.1017/s0956536100001292
published in Ancient Mesoamerica 7(1), 63-87 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 1996/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
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.