Talk:Tayasal (archaeological site)

Eixequil
The article mentions the city of Eixequil (the Yalnain capital). I would appreciate if anyone could give me any reliable source on this city, since I can find none. Thanks in advance. --Monfornot (talk) 18:11, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I suspect Eixequil is probably an irregular or mistaken spelling for Quexil (in modern Spanish; colonial spelling Quechil; originally in Maya Ek'Ixil ), a Maya town on the lago of the same name, in the eastern 'province' of the core Itza territory at the time of the conquest. The town was done over along with others when Martin de Ursua came thru. Not sure however about this being the 'capital' of the Yalnain (should be spelled Yalain) region, since the actual township/centre of Yalain lies further to the east of Lago Peten Itza. Would have to look into it some more. For a good ref, see The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom by Grant Jones (1998). --cjllw ʘ  TALK 10:21, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Knew there was something wrong about this site. Thank you for the tip, will try to find the book. --Monfornot (talk) 18:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Too much reliance on Arlen Chase
There is far too much reliance on Arlen Chase's interesting but largely discredited theory that the Itza capital was at Topoxte. Jones, Rice & Rice pretty much put this theory to rest many years ago and most modern scholars consider Lake Petén Itzá to be the site of the Itza capital based on the Spanish descriptions and colonial documentation, of which there is apparently a great deal. Simon Burchell (talk) 08:41, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've removed this - not only is it effectively discredited, it refers to the Maya capital at Nojpetén, not the archaeological site on the San Miguel peninsula, across the lake (which is the subject of this article). Simon Burchell (talk) 16:48, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

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