Putún Maya

Putún or Chontal Maya is a collective name for several groups of Maya that displaced much of the older leadership of the Maya Lowlands during the Late Classic and Postclassic. [Schele and Freidel (1990), p.350.] The Putún, who came from the Gulf coast in the northwest region of the Maya area, are generally held to have been more Mexicanized than their contemporaries. They were associated with the Puuc architectural style and distinctive orangeware pottery. [Coe (1992), p.69.] The Itza are often considered a group of Putún Maya. [Schele and Friedel (1990), p.497.] The contemporary Chontal Maya of Tabasco speak a closely related language.

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*cite book |author=Coe, Michael D. |authorlink=Michael D. Coe |year=1992 |title=Breaking the Maya Code |publisher=Thames & Hudson |location=London |id=ISBN 0-500-05061-9
*cite book |author=Schele, Linda |authorlink=Linda Schele |coauthors= and David Friedel |year=1990 |title=A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya |publisher=William Morrow |location=New York |id=ISBN 0-688-07456-1