Maya city-states of Petén

Timeline

1. 1131–1135Tayasal · PeténAfter the Classic period the Petén was not entirely abandoned; lake-island city-states sustained populations through hydraulic agriculture and fishing/hunting. In the 1130s polities like Tayasal were co-ruled by hereditary chiefs (batab) and a priestly class, preserving the Maya calendar, hieroglyphic writing tradition, and cults such as the Feathered Serpent, differing regionally from the Toltec-Maya hybrid culture of northern Yucatán.
2. 1135–1140Petén lowlands · PeténPetén city-states exchanged goods and information with the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, and western Honduras via overland trade routes, trading obsidian, salt, jade, and cacao. In the 1130s Chichén Itzá was at its height in the north; Petén polities remained politically independent but were permeated by northern Postclassic Maya artistic styles and religious symbols.