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    Mixco Viejo (/ˈmisko ˈβieχo/) ("Old Mixco"), occasionally spelt Mixcu Viejo, is an archaeological site in the north east of the Chimaltenango department...
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  • Maya monarchs, also known as Maya kings and queens, were the centers of power for the Maya civilization. Each Maya city-state was controlled by a dynasty...
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    Dos Pilas El Baul Iximche Kaminaljuyu Machaquila El Mirador La Joyanca Mixco Viejo Naranjo Nakbé Piedras Negras Quirigua Q'umarkaj Tikal Uaxactún Caribbean...
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    Bonampak and Toniná. In the Guatemalan Highlands are Iximche, Kaminaljuyu, Mixco Viejo, and Qʼumarkaj (also known as Utatlán). In the northern Petén lowlands...
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    Ballcourt marker from the Postclassic site of Mixco Viejo in Guatemala. This sculpture depicts Kukulkan, jaws agape, with the head of a human warrior...
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    had their capital at the archaeological site currently known as Mixco Viejo (Old Mixco), apparently known to the Chajoma by a variety of names, including...
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    Ballcourt marker from the Postclassic site of Mixco Viejo in Guatemala. This sculpture depicts Kukulkan, jaws agape, with the head of a human warrior...
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    city of Mixco Viejo has been the source of some confusion. The archaeological site now known as Mixco Viejo has been proven to be Jilotepeque Viejo, the...
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    Sololá. The Chajoma were another Kaqchikel-speaking people; the ruins of Mixco Viejo have been identified as their capital. Iximché was conquered by the Spanish...
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  • the Guatemala border, in the departments of Santa Ana and Ahuachapan. Mixco Viejo "Resultados Censo 2018" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala...
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    Mirador El Tigre La Danta Kaminaljuyu Lamanai Los Monos Lubaantun Mayapan Mixco Viejo Moral Reforma Nim Li Punit Palenque: Temple of the Inscriptions San Andrés...
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    groups include the K'iche' of Utatlán, the Mam in Zaculeu, the Poqomam in Mixco Viejo, and the Kaqchikel at Iximche in the Guatemalan highlands. The Pipil...
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    the archaeological site now known as Mixco Viejo (Jilotepeque Viejo). The rest of the population of Mixco Viejo, together with the inhabitants of the...
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    of indigenous people who were Kaqchikel speaking Indians identified Mixco Viejo as their capital, and spread throughout the Sacatepequez Department until...
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    Chimaltenango is also home to the Maya civilization ruins of Iximché and Mixco Viejo, in addition to many smaller sites. As of the 2018 census, the population...
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    District, Belize; Petén Department, Guatemala 180,000 Late Classic Mixco Viejo (Jilotepeque Viejo) Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala 1,500 Late Postclassic...
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  • Chena, Chile Inkallaqta, Bolivia Iximche, Guatemala Machu Picchu, Peru Mixco Viejo, Guatemala Mocha Island, Chile Pucara del Cerro La Muralla, Chile Pukara...
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    Ballcourt marker at Mixco Viejo, depicting Qʼuqʼumatz carrying Tohil across the sky in his jaws...
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    Puente Honduras Structure 1 Maya 12 600 BCE- 900 CE Religious temple Mixco Viejo Guatemala Maya 1100 to 1500 CE Tikal Guatemala Maya 47 Copán Honduras...
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    Coba, Iximche, Monte Albán, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Yagul, Xochicalco, Mixco Viejo, and Zaculeu. Ballcourts were public spaces used for a variety of elite...
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    reported, such as Puerto Escondido, in the Sula Valley, near La Lima, and Hato Viejo in the department of Olancho, where a jadeite statuette has been found that...
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    Belize El Mirador Petén Department, Guatemala Miraflores Chiapas, Mexico Mixco Viejo Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala Monte Alto Escuintla Department,...
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    common at the site. Brown bowls are of a type also found in Zaculeu and Mixco Viejo, both of which also had a Late Postclassic occupation. Three-legged metates...
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  • cities, including Chuitinamit, the capital of the Tzutuhils (1524); Mixco Viejo, capital of the Poqomam; and Zaculeu, capital of the Mam (1525). He was...
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  • reach the Sublime Porte, Jean Frangipani, sets out for Constantinople. Mixco Viejo, capital of the Pocomans Maya State, falls to the Spanish conquistadores...
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  • Ixlu Ixtonton Ixtutz La Joyanca Kaminaljuyu Kinal Machaquila El Mirador Mixco Viejo Montana (Mesoamerican site) Monte Alto culture Motul de San José La Muerta...
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    Antiquity Oxford. 87.337 (2013): 918-920. Print. Gasco, Janine (2008). "Mixco Viejo". Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. 2. 4. Detroit:...
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    reach the Sublime Porte, Jean Frangipani, sets out for Constantinople. Mixco Viejo, capital of the Pocomans Maya State, falls to the Spanish conquistadores...
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    Tenochtitlan, Cempoala, Tzintzuntzan, Mayapán, Ti'ho, Utatlán, Iximche, Mixco Viejo, Zaculeu 1200–1519 CE Post Conquest (Until 1697 CE) Central Peten: Tayasal...
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    Guatemalan territory, onto Huehuetenango, Quetzaltenango, Chimaltenango and Mixco Viejo. The southern Isthmus or Soconusco route continued from Tapanatepec to...
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