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Ixlu
Ixlu () is a small Maya archaeological site that dates to the Classic and Postclassic Periods.〔Sharer & Traxler 2006, p.618. Valdés & Fahsen 2005, pp.151-152.〕 It is located on the isthmus between the Petén Itzá and Salpetén lakes, in the northern Petén Department of Guatemala.〔Aguilar 2000, p.259.〕 The site was an important port with access to Lake Petén Itzá via the Ixlu River.〔 The site has been identified as Saklamakhal, also spelt Saclemacal, a capital of the Kowoj Maya.〔Sharer & Traxler 2006, p.618. Aguilar 2000, p.259.〕 The site has over 150 structures, the majority of which in the site core display typically Postclassic characteristics.〔Sánchez Polo ''et al'' 1995, p.592.〕 The site was briefly investigated by Don and Prudence Rice in 1980.〔 Ixlu is located approximately east of the departmental capital of Flores and north of Guatemala City. Ixlu is approximately south of the ruins of the major Classic Period city of Tikal. ==Occupation== Archaeological investigations have uncovered potsherds dating as far back as the early Middle Preclassic (1000 BC–800 BC).〔Aguilar 2000, p.261. Sánchez Polo ''et al'' 1995, p.593. Castellanos Cabrera 2008, p.7.〕 Postclassic potsherds are widely distributed in the upper levels of the site to a depth of .〔Aguilar 2000, p.261.〕 Evidence from the Temple of the Hidden Jars indicates a continuous occupation from the Preclassic right through the Classic (AD 200–900) to the Postclassic Period (AD 900–1525), with occupation continuing until approximately 1700, well after the Spanish Conquest of most of Guatemala, according to ethnohistoric sources.〔 The Petén Lakes region finally fell to the Spanish Crown in 1697,〔Sharer & Traxler 2006, pp.776-778.〕 at which time Ixlu was in disputed territory between the mutually hostile Itza and Kowoj kingdoms.〔Jones 2009, p.62.〕
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