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Xaltocan (Mexico)

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

The Maya Site of X’Cambó

X'Cambo was an important salt-making site for the Mayan civilization, located in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

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.

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"

Xochicalco, Morelos (Mexico)

Xochicalco is an important Epiclassic Capital in Central Mexico.

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.

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