Glossary: X Terms

The Maya Site of X’Cambó
X'Cambo was an important salt-making site for the Mayan civilization, located in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Xochicalco, Morelos (Mexico)
Xochicalco is an important Epiclassic Capital in Central Mexico.

Xipe Totec
Xipe Totec is the name of the Aztec god of fertility and agriculture renewal; his name means "Our Lord with the Flayed Skin"

Xaltocan (Mexico)
Xaltocan was a successful independent polity for nearly a century before it was incorporated into the Aztec Empire.

Xianrendong Cave (China)
Xianrendong is the name of a cave site in Jiangxi province in China, with late Paleolithic and early Neolithic cultural components include evidence of some of the earliest pottery yet discovered.

Xihuatoxtla Shelter
The Xihuatoxtla Shelter is located in the Rio Balsas valley in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, and it has evidence of the earliest maize agriculture to date.

Xultún (Guatemala)
The Classic period site of Xultún was a capital, where recent investigations have identified early copies of the Maya astronomical Venus and Moon calendars.