Kalotmul

Kalotmul was a Maya centre in eastern Yucatán, named among the capitals of the peninsula's independent jurisdictions before Spanish conquest. Local leaders governed communities whose political relationships linked Calotmul with neighbouring Maya provinces. It joined resistance to the invading Spaniards, but was brought under their control in 1542. Under colonial rule its inhabitants faced new demands for tribute, administered through institutions that adapted earlier local communities to the Spanish order.