Xicallanco Point

Xicalango lay on the southern Gulf coast near Laguna de Términos, a meeting place of waterways connecting the Yucatán Peninsula with the lands to the west. Before the Spanish conquest it was an important trading region where Maya and other Mesoamerican merchants exchanged goods. Its coastal lagoons and river routes linked seaborne traffic with the interior, making the low shore a meeting point between distinct commercial networks.