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This article is about a Maya archaeological site. For the sultan, see Tipu Sultan.

Tipu

Tipu, Belize is located in Belize

Tipu, Belize

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Alternative name
  • Tipuj
  • Negroman
LocationCayo, Belize
RegionMaya Lowlands
Coordinates17°04′46″N 89°04′49″W / 17.079512443938867°N 89.08030277594041°W
TypeSettlement
History
Abandoned1707 (by reduccion)[1]
PeriodsPostclassic to Spanish colonial
CulturesMaya
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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  1. ^ a b Shwartz 1990, p. 36.
  2. ^ AC nd.
  3. ^ ML nd.
  4. ^ UCL nd.
  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.