Dzonotake o Aqu (Ake): Sitio de la primera gran batalla de Francisco de Montejo en el Mayab (1528). Propuesta de rectificación histórica.
Abstract
In this article the author presents a proposal in connection with a part of the journey that the conqueror from Yucatan Francisco de Montejo carried out in 1528 during his first conquers intent. The idea outlined by Chambelain and Roys since four decades related to the identification of the place of Aké, where the first great battle among the Spaniards against the mayan was carried out, is discussed with the support of a new interpretation of the chronicles of the XVI century, historical documentation preserved in the Archivo General del Estado de Yucatán 11 Jorge Victoria Ojeda Dzonotake o Aqu (Ake): sitio de la primera gran batalla ... and completed with other recent archeological data wich have centered their studies in that area of Yucatan. The autor proposes that the place of Aké (Aqu) is the archeological site named San Fernando.Downloads
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