chiefdom · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean

Tazes

1441 CE – 1544 CE (approx.)

A small Maya province of north-eastern Yucatán, known only from brief mentions in Spanish colonial records.

Origins

Tazes (Taz) was one of the territories into which northern Yucatán split after the fall of the League of Mayapan around 1441. It lay in the north-east of the peninsula, near the provinces of Cupul and Ecab.

Rule and society

Known only from a few colonial sources, Tazes seems to have been a group of towns without a strong central ruler. Its people, like their neighbours, farmed maize and lived in dispersed towns under local batabs.

Decline and legacy

Tazes came under Spanish control during the conquest of eastern Yucatán in the 1540s and was absorbed into the Province of Yucatán.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

League of Mayapan 1220 CE – 1441 CETazesProvince of Yucatán 1542 CE – 1821 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tazes. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/tazes
MLA
“Tazes.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/tazes. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Tazes.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/tazes.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Tazes’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/tazes (Accessed: ).

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