page_title: Chajoma
hierarchical_section_title: Chajoma
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Mixco Viejo. Group B-X at lower right (Structures B-X-3 and B-X-4). Group B stands upon the massive platform on the left, with the double pyramid B-3 visible. In the centre background is Group A, with its own double pyramid A-1 visible as the tallest structure in its group. Group D extends along the centre right in the middle distance. Español: Vista general de Mixco Viejo. EL Grupo B-X se ve abajo a la derecha, con las Estructuras B-X-3 y B-X-4. El Grupo B se ubica encima de la plataforma inmensa a la izquierda, sobre la plataforma basal se ve la pirámide doble B-3. Al fondo se ve el Grupo A, también tiene una pirámide doble (Estructura A-1), se identifica como el edificio más alto en su grupo. El Grupo D se extiende en el centro a la derecha.
context_page_description: The Chajoma were a Kaqchikel-speaking Maya people of the Late Postclassic period, with a large kingdom in the highlands of Guatemala. According to the indigenous chronicles of the K'iche' and the Kaqchikel, there were three principal Postclassic highland kingdoms; the K'iche', the Kaqchikel and the Chajoma. In the Annals of the Cakchiquels the Chajoma of Jilotepeque were always referred to as the akajal vinak, in the Popul Vuh these can probably be identified with the akul vinak. Both akajal vinak and akul vinak mean "the bee people" or "the hive people".
  Chajoma means "people of ocote". In colonial times this was rendered into Nahuatl as sacatepēc "Grass mountain" which led to its current Hispanicized name Sacatepéquez. Early records, for example, record the placename San Juan Sacatepéquez as San Juan Chajoma. The Chajoma separated into six divisions, equivalent to the various colonial villages bearing Sacatepéquez in the name.
context_section_description: The Chajoma ([/tʃäχoˈmä/]) were a Kaqchikel-speaking Maya people of the Late Postclassic period, with a large kingdom in the highlands of Guatemala. According to the indigenous chronicles of the K'iche' and the Kaqchikel, there were three principal Postclassic highland kingdoms; the K'iche', the Kaqchikel and the Chajoma. In the Annals of the Cakchiquels the Chajoma of Jilotepeque were always referred to as the akajal vinak, in the Popul Vuh these can probably be identified with the akul vinak. Both akajal vinak and akul vinak mean "the bee people" or "the hive people".
  Chajoma means "people of ocote" (a type of pine). In colonial times this was rendered into Nahuatl as sacatepēc "Grass mountain" which led to its current Hispanicized name Sacatepéquez. Early records, for example, record the placename San Juan Sacatepéquez as San Juan Chajoma. The Chajoma separated into six divisions, equivalent to the various colonial villages bearing Sacatepéquez in the name.
caption: Mixco Viejo, capital of the Chajoma Maya.[1]
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