Maya Postclassic Polities in the 1460s

Timeline

1. 1461–1464Mayapán site · Yucatán PeninsulaMayapán, once the center of the peninsula's league, had declined; hereditary chiefs of the Kokom and Xiu lineages each seized their own cities, and the tribute and marriage system once coordinated by Mayapán collapsed, ushering the polities into competitive reorganization.
2. 1463–1468Inland Yucatán Peninsula · Yucatán PeninsulaXiu polities led by Maní and Kokom forces from Sotuta repeatedly vied in the peninsula's interior, contesting subject towns through marriage alliances, tribute, and small military actions, forming a multi-centered political map.
3. 1465–1470Eastern coast of Yucatán (Bay of Campeche to the Caribbean coast) · Caribbean SeaCoastal port city-states exchanged salt, cotton cloth, cacao, and shells by canoe and overland routes; though dispersed, the economic ties of the Postclassic polities still sustained a regional trade network, fixing the peninsula's pattern before Spanish contact.