Kaqchikel

Mesoamerican language

thumb|300px|right|Map of the Guatemalan Highlands in the Postclassic Period Iximcheʼ () (or Iximché using Spanish orthography) is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala. Iximche was the capital of the Late Postclassic Kaqchikel Maya kingdom from 1470 until its abandonment in 1524. The architecture of the site included a number of pyramid-temples, palaces and two Mesoamerican ballcourts. Excavators uncovered the poorly preserved remains of painted murals on some of the buildings and ample evidence of human sacrifice. The ruins of Iximche were decl

ethnic group in Guatemala and Mexico

Chronicle of pre-Columbian Guatemala