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Topoxte is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Petén Basin in northern Guatemala with a long occupational history dating as far back as the Middle Preclassic. As the capital of the Ko’woj Maya, it was the largest of the few Postclassic Mesoamerican sites in the area. Topoxte is located on an island on Yaxha Lake across from the important Classic period center of Yaxha.
Topoxte was named by Teobert Maler in 1904; the name means “seed of the Ramón tree.” There is no record of the name Topoxte prior to this. The Ramón tree, commonly known as breadnut, was an important component of the ancient Maya diet. Prior to this the site was known as Islapag, as noted in 1831 by Juan Galindo in his report to the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Topoxte occupies five of a cluster of six islands at the western end of Lake Yaxha in the municipality of Melchor de Mencos in the eastern part of the Guatemalan department of Petén.
Due to the extreme fluctuations of the water level of the lake, these islands can sometimes become landlocked.
The island is formed from limestone with the highest elevation in the northern part of the island, sloping gently down towards the south.
The closest town is Flores, the capital of the Petén department, 52 kilometres (32 mi) to the west as the crow flies. Topoxte is 29 kilometres (18 mi) west of the international border with Belize and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the international border with Mexico. It is 28 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of Zacpeten, another important Ko’woj settlement.
Site The principal ruins of the pre-Columbian city are spread over three islands:Topoxte, Cante and Paxte, in the southwest of Yaxha Lake, of which Topoxte is the largest.
All three of these islands were densely occupied, with all construction except the ceremonial architecture being aligned according to the local topography.
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