Chajoma

The Chajoma (Mayan pronunciation: [/tʃäχoˈmä/]) were a Kaqchikel-speaking Maya people of the Late Postclassic period, with a large kingdom in the highlands of Guatemala.^[2] According to the indigenous chronicles of the K'iche' and the Kaqchikel, there were three principal Postclassic highland kingdoms; the K'iche', the Kaqchikel and the Chajoma.^[3] In the Annals of the Cakchiquels the Chajoma of Jilotepeque were always referred to as the akajal vinak, in the Popul Vuh these can probably be identified with the akul vinak.^[4] Both akajal vinak and akul vinak mean "the bee people" or "the hive people".^[5]

Chajoma means "people of ocote" (a type of pine).^[6] In colonial times this was rendered into Nahuatl as sacatepēc "Grass mountain" which led to its current Hispanicized name Sacatepéquez.^[6] Early records, for example, record the placename San Juan Sacatepéquez as San Juan Chajoma.^[6] The Chajoma separated into six divisions, equivalent to the various colonial villages bearing Sacatepéquez in the name.^[7]

^ Love 2007, p.305. Sharer 2006, pp.621, 625.
^ Hill 1998, p.229.
^ Hill 1998, p.233.
^ Hill 1998, p.229. Carmack 2001, p.152.
^ Carmack 2001, p.152. Hill 1996, p.64.
^ ^a ^b ^c Carmack 2001, p.151.
^ Carmack 2001, p.152.

[ReferenceA-1] Love 2007, p.305. Sharer 2006, pp.621, 625.

[2] Hill 1998, p.229.

[Hill_1998,_p.233-3] Hill 1998, p.233.

[4] Hill 1998, p.229. Carmack 2001, p.152.

[5] Carmack 2001, p.152. Hill 1996, p.64.

[Carmack_2001,_p.151-6] Carmack 2001, p.151.

[7] Carmack 2001, p.152.

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