Tipu, Belize
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| Alternative name |
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|---|---|
| Location | Cayo, Belize |
| Region | Maya Lowlands |
| Coordinates | 17°04′46″N 89°04′49″W / 17.079512443938867°N 89.08030277594041°W |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Abandoned | 1707 (by reduccion)[1] |
| Periods | Postclassic to Spanish colonial |
| Cultures | Maya |
| Events | |
Tipu is a Mayan archaeological site[2] in the Maya Mountains near the Belize–Guatemala border. This site is situated near the Macal River. Further downstream is located the Maya site of Chaa Creek.[3] Slightly further downstream is the site of Cahal Pech.[4] In Spanish colonial times, Tipu is thought to have played a major role in delaying the conquest of Peten.[1]
Notes and references
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[edit]- "Early History of Belize".
- "C.Michael Hogan, Chaa Creek, Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 2007".
- "Distribution of Early Middle Formative Period Sites". Archived from the original on 20 February 2003.
- Shwartz, Norman B. (1990). Forest society : a social history of Petén, Guatemala. Ethnohistory series. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812282485. OCLC 21974298.
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