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to make landfall at Xelha's lagoons, a short distance from a local Maya village. He set about establishing what was intended to be the first Spanish settlement on the peninsula, which he named "Salamanca de Xelha" after his birthplace in western Spain,
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The fortuitous arrival at that point of another of his ships from Santo Domingo with provisions and reinforcements prevented further disaster, and an expedition was sent out to the south towards the Maya township of
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who had been left behind at Salamanca de Xelha fared no better with many being massacred in Maya raids, leaving Montejo with only about a third of his original complement.
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Eventually Montejo's forces stabilised sufficiently for him to mount explorations from his temporary encampment, heading out with some 125 men north towards
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times, with most of the buildings being rebuilt in the Late Postclassic. It was probably not fully abandoned until the 19th century. A
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The evidence is inconclusive concerning a founding date for Xel-Ha, but it was occupied by the 1st century and active during
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This article is about the Maya archaeological site. For the modern-day commercial theme park and tourist attraction, see
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Coba et Xelha: peintures murales mayas: une lecture de l'image dans le Quintana Roo postclasique
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with an Early Classic date of 9.6.10.0.0 (AD 564) from Xel-Ha was discovered in 1841 by
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See Clendinnen (1987, p.21); Restall (2003, p.19); Wright (2005, p.162). Restall (
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forces, during the ultimately unsuccessful first expedition (1527–28) led by the
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Stolen Continents: Five Hundred Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
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and inlet at Xelha has been turned into a commercial water theme park known as
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On the Edge of the Sea: Mural Painting at Tancah-Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517–1570
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The site of Xelha is located south of the modern township of
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Xelha was one of several key ports of the Maya city of
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The Conquest and Colonization of Yucatán, 1517–1550
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Index

Xel-Há
Xel-Ha Park

Quintana Roo
Yucatán Peninsula
20°19′11″N 87°22′01″W / 20.31972°N 87.36694°W / 20.31972; -87.36694
Mayan
[ʃelˈxa]
Spanish
Yucatec Maya
archaeological site
Maya civilization
pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica
Yucatán Peninsula
Quintana Roo
Mexico
etymology
Yukatek Maya
lagoon
Xel-Ha Park




Playa del Carmen
Classic and Postclassic
stela
Stephens
Catherwood

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