Itzá

E501450
Maya people indigenous people

The Itzá are a Maya people of northern Guatemala, historically centered around Lake Petén Itzá and known for their late-surviving independent kingdom and rich cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Itzá Maya 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedArchaeologicalSite Nojpetén NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tayasal NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOfHistoricalKingdom Nojpetén NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialHistory subjected to Spanish missionization after 1697 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culturalArea Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContinuity maintains Maya ritual practices around Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
demographicStatus small population ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnologueCode itz ⓘ
glottocode itza1241 ⓘ
hasAutonym Itzaj NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasExonym Itzá NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCenter Lake Petén Itzá NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCity Nojpetén NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tayasal NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReligion pre-Columbian Maya religion ⓘ
knownFor late-surviving independent Maya kingdom ⓘ
resistance to Spanish conquest ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
language Itzaj Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
lastIndependentMayaPolityConqueredBy Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastIndependentMayaPolityConqueredInYear 1697 ⓘ
locatedInDepartment Petén Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf lowland Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
practices Maya traditional rituals ⓘ
agroforestry ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
region northern Guatemala ⓘ
religion Evangelical Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maya religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subgroupOf Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalEconomy forest product gathering ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatch-roof houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguageStatus severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Lake Petén Itzá region NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Casa Colorada → associatedWith → Itzá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itzá Maya
Temple of the Warriors → associatedWith → Itzá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itzá Maya
Group of a Thousand Columns → culture → Itzá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itzá Maya
Itza Maya → ethnonym → Itzá ⓘ
Kukulcán → worshippedBy → Itzá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itzá Maya