Conquered by the Spanish in 1524, Iximché was the capital of the Cakchiquel Maya in Highland Guatemala. This book reconstructs the history of Iximché based on analyses of ceramics and human skeletal remains, on Guillemin's original excavation notes, drawings and photographs, and on the ethnohistorical literature.

This book reconstructs the history of Iximche, the capital of the Cakchiquel Maya in highland Guatemala, based on archaeological and ethnohistorical information.