Tipu, Belize

Coordinates: 17°04′46″N 89°04′49″W / 17.079512443938867°N 89.08030277594041°W / 17.079512443938867; -89.08030277594041
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Tipu
Tipu, Belize is located in Belize
Tipu, Belize
Shown within Belize
Alternative name
  • Tipuj
  • Negroman
LocationCayo, Belize
RegionMayan Lowlands
Coordinates17°04′46″N 89°04′49″W / 17.079512443938867°N 89.08030277594041°W / 17.079512443938867; -89.08030277594041
TypeSettlement
History
Abandoned1707 (by reduccion)[1]
PeriodsPostclassic to Spanish colonial
CulturesMayan
Events

Tipu is a Mayan archaeological site[2] in the Maya Mountains near the BelizeGuatemala border. This site is situated near the Macal River. Further downstream is located the Mayan 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

Short citations

  1. ^ a b Shwartz 1990, p. 36.
  2. ^ AC nd.
  3. ^ ML nd.
  4. ^ UCL nd.

Full citations

  1. "Early History of Belize".
  2. "C.Michael Hogan, Chaa Creek, Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 2007".
  3. "Distribution of Early Middle Formative Period Sites". Archived from the original on 20 February 2003.
  4. Shwartz, Norman B. (1990). Forest society : a social history of Petén, Guatemala. Ethnohistory series. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812282485. OCLC 21974298.