Zacpeten

It is notable as one of the few Maya communities that maintained their independence through the early phases of Spanish control over Mesoamerica.The site of Zacpeten occupies a peninsula on Lake Salpeten in the Petén Department of northern Guatemala.The main Zacpeten settlement has a defensive wall with 2 parapets and a moat located at the northern end of the peninsula where it meets the mainland.[6] Group C was a Late Postclassic ceremonial complex;[7] it was built upon a hill occupying the southern portion of the peninsula.This specific variant appears at central Petén Basin sites including Topoxte and Muralla de Leon.
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