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Hunac Ceel

Type Figure Region Yucatán Peninsula Time 1150–1210 Also known as Hunac Ceel、Hunac Ceel Cauich、Cauich

Hunac Ceel is a military leader in the Maya Books of Chilam Balam tradition, of the Cocom lineage.…

Timeline

  1. 1180–1200Chichén Itzá · Yucatán PeninsulaThe Chilam Balam of Chumayel records that he was cast into the sacred well of Chichén Itzá as a sacrifice yet did not die overnight, and after declaring a prophecy was raised up. This is a colonial-era Maya chronicle tradition, not an independently verifiable chronological biography.
  2. c. 1190–1220Mayapan · Yucatán PeninsulaAccording to tradition he joined forces with warriors from Izamal and Mexico to defeat the rulers of Chichén Itzá, after which Mayapan became the dominant center of the northern Yucatán. Archaeology and chronicles still dispute the date of the conquest, so it should not be treated as precise military history.

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