Xicallanco

Xicallanco was a trading centre near the Laguna de Términos on the southern shore of the Gulf of Mexico. Its position connected maritime routes around the Yucatán Peninsula with rivers leading inland toward Acalan. Maya merchants moved goods between coastal and interior communities, using canoes through a landscape of estuaries and lagoons. Along with Potonchan farther west, Xicallanco formed an important meeting point in the exchange networks of the Gulf coast.