Isla Principal Topoxte

Topoxte is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Petén Basin in northern Guatemala with a long occupational history dating as far back as the Middle Preclassic [1]. As the capital of the Kowoj Maya, it was the largest of the few Postclassic Mesoamerican sites in the area [1]. The site was abandoned at the end of the Classic period (ca. 900) and reoccupied during the Postclassic at approximately 1100 [1]. Topoxte was an important site in the Postclassic and had close ties with the city of Mayapan in the north of the Yucatán Peninsula [1]. The principal ruins of the pre-Columbian city are spread over three islands:Topoxte, Cante and Paxte, in the southwest of Yaxha Lake, of which Topoxte is the largest [1]. Topoxte Island measures roughly 450 metres from north to south and 400 metres from east to west [1]. It is the largest of the three principal islands and contains the remains of around 100 structures, as well as the principal ceremonial centre of the city [1].