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Post Classic Mayas
After the abandonment of the Classic period cities
The population was concentrated near water sources
Abandoned lands were not quickly resettled
Activity shifted to
The northern lowlands
The Maya Highlands
Chichen Itza and its Puuc
Declined in the 11th century
Final episode of Classic Period collapse
Changes from the preceding Classic Period.
Kaminaljuyu in the Valley of Guatemala
Was abandoned after continuous occupation of almost 2,000 years.
Across the highlands and neighbouring Pacific coast
Were relocated
Due to
A proliferation of warfare.
After the decline of Chichen Itza
The Maya region lacked a dominant power
The rise of the city of Mayapan
In the 12th century
New cities arose near the
Caribbean
Gulf coasts
New trade networks were formed.
Cities
Cities came to occupy locations surrounded by deep ravines
With ditch and wall defences
One of the most important cities in the Guatemalan Highlands
Qʼumarkaj, the capital of the aggressive Kʼicheʼ kingdom.
The government of Maya states
From the Yucatan to the Guatemalan highlands
Organised as joint rule by a council.
One member of the council could act as a supreme ruler
the other members served him as advisors.
Mayapan
Abandoned around 1448
After a period of political, social and environmental turbulence
The abandonment of the city was followed by
warfare
disease
natural disasters in the Yucatán Peninsula