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51 relations: Annals of the Cakchiquels, Baja Verapaz Department, Chinautla, Chuarrancho, Conquistador, Edwin M. Shook, Flagstone, Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán, Guatemala, Guatemala Department, Guatemalan Highlands, Iximche, Joyabaj, K'iche' kingdom of Q'umarkaj, K'iche' people, Kaqchikel language, Kaqchikel people, Las Vacas River, Maya civilization, Mesoamerican ballcourt, Mesoamerican chronology, Mesoamerican pyramids, Metamorphic rock, Mixco Viejo, Motagua River, Municipalities of Guatemala, Nahuatl, Ocote, Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador), Pine, Popol Vuh, Poqomam people, Pumice, Reductions, San José del Golfo, San Juan Sacatepéquez, San Martín Jilotepeque, San Pedro Ayampuc, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, San Raimundo, Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Schist, Spanish colonization of the Americas, Springer Science+Business Media, Stanford University Press, The University of Utah Press, Tuff, Tz'utujil people, University of Texas Press, Volcanic ash, ..., Zacualpa. Expand index (1 more) »
Annals of the Cakchiquels
The Annals of the Cakchiquels (in Anales de los Cakchiqueles, also known by the alternative Spanish titles, Anales de los Xahil, Memorial de Tecpán-Atitlán or Memorial de Sololá) is a manuscript written in Kaqchikel by Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá in 1571, and completed by his grandson, Francisco Rojas, in 1604.
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Baja Verapaz Department
Baja Verapaz is a department in Guatemala.
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Chinautla
Chinautla is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
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Chuarrancho
Chuarrancho is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
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Conquistador
Conquistadors (from Spanish or Portuguese conquistadores "conquerors") is a term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers of the Spanish Empire or the Portuguese Empire in a general sense.
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Edwin M. Shook
Edwin M. Shook (22 November 1911 – 9 March 2000) was an American archaeologist and Mayanist scholar, best known for his extensive field work and publications on pre-Columbian Maya civilization sites.
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Flagstone
Flagstone (flag) is a generic flat stone, usually used for paving slabs or walkways, patios, fences and roofing.
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Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán
Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán (1643–1700) was a Guatemalan criollo historian and poet.
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Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.
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Guatemala Department
Guatemala is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.
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Guatemalan Highlands
The Guatemalan Highlands is an upland region in southern Guatemala, lying between the Sierra Madre de Chiapas to the south and the Petén lowlands to the north.
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Iximche
Iximche (or Iximché using Spanish orthography) is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala.
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Joyabaj
Joyabaj is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.
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K'iche' kingdom of Q'umarkaj
The K'iche' kingdom of Q'umarkaj was a state in the highlands of modern-day Guatemala which was founded by the K'iche' (Quiché) Maya in the thirteenth century, and which expanded through the fifteenth century until it was conquered by Spanish and Nahua forces led by Pedro de Alvarado in 1524.
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K'iche' people
K'iche' (pronounced; previous Spanish spelling: Quiché) are indigenous peoples of the Americas and are one of the Maya peoples.
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Kaqchikel language
The Kaqchikel, or Kaqchiquel, language (in modern orthography; formerly also spelled Cakchiquel or Cakchiquiel) is an indigenous Mesoamerican language and a member of the Quichean–Mamean branch of the Mayan languages family.
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Kaqchikel people
The Kaqchikel (also called Kachiquel) are one of the indigenous Maya peoples of the midwestern highlands in Guatemala.
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Las Vacas River
The Las Vacas River is a river in Guatemala.
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Maya civilization
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its hieroglyphic script—the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system.
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Mesoamerican ballcourt
A Mesoamerican ballcourt is a large masonry structure of a type used in Mesoamerica for over 2,700 years to play the Mesoamerican ballgame, particularly the hip-ball version of the ballgame.
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Mesoamerican chronology
Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of prehispanic Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian (first human habitation–3500 BCE), the Archaic (before 2600 BCE), the Preclassic or Formative (2000 BCE–250 CE), the Classic (250–900CE), and the Postclassic (900–1521 CE), Colonial (1521–1821), and Postcolonial (1821–present).
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Mesoamerican pyramids
Mesoamerican pyramids or pyramid-shaped structures form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture.
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Metamorphic rock
Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock types, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form".
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Mixco Viejo
Mixco Viejo ("Old Mixco"), occasionally spelt Mixcu Viejo, is an archaeological site in the north east of the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala, some to the north of Guatemala City and from the junction of the rivers Pixcaya and Motagua.
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Motagua River
The Motagua River is a long river in Guatemala.
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Municipalities of Guatemala
The departments of Guatemala are divided into 340 municipalities or municipios.
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Nahuatl
Nahuatl (The Classical Nahuatl word nāhuatl (noun stem nāhua, + absolutive -tl) is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl (the standard spelling in the Spanish language),() Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua.), known historically as Aztec, is a language or group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
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Ocote
Ocote is a common name for various species of pine trees in the genus Pinus that occur in the Spanish speaking Americas—Latin America.
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Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador)
Pedro de Portocarrero (c. 1504Lenkersdorf 1993, p. 51. – c. 1539) was a Spanish conquistador who was active in the early 16th century in Guatemala, and Chiapas in southern Mexico.
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Pine
A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.
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Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh (also Popol Wuj) is a cultural narrative that recounts the mythology and history of the K'iche' people who inhabit the Guatemalan Highlands northwest of present-day Guatemala City.
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Poqomam people
The Poqomam are a Maya people in Guatemala and El Salvador.
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Pumice
Pumice, called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of highly vesicular rough textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals.
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Reductions
Reductions or reducciones (Spanish for "congregations") (Portuguese: redução, plural reduções) were settlements created by Spanish rulers in Latin America.
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San José del Golfo
San José del Golfo is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
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San Juan Sacatepéquez
San Juan Sacatepéquez is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala, northwest of Guatemala City.
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San Martín Jilotepeque
San Martín Jilotepeque is a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala.
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San Pedro Ayampuc
San Pedro Ayampuc is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
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San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
San Pedro Sacatepéquez is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
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San Raimundo
San Raymundo is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
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Santo Domingo Xenacoj
Santo Domingo Xenacoj is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez.
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Schist
Schist (pronounced) is a medium-grade metamorphic rock with medium to large, flat, sheet-like grains in a preferred orientation (nearby grains are roughly parallel).
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Spanish colonization of the Americas
The overseas expansion under the Crown of Castile was initiated under the royal authority and first accomplished by the Spanish conquistadors.
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Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media or Springer, part of Springer Nature since 2015, is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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Stanford University Press
The Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.
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The University of Utah Press
The University of Utah Press is the independent publishing branch of the University of Utah and is a division of the J. Willard Marriott Library.
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Tuff
Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption.
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Tz'utujil people
The Tz'utujil (Tzutujil, Tzutuhil, Sutujil) are a Native American people, one of the 21 Maya ethnic groups that dwell in Guatemala.
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University of Texas Press
The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin.
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Volcanic ash
Volcanic ash consists of fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass, created during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches) in diameter.
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Zacualpa
Zacualpa is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chajoma
