Ka cika wannan jumlar: Wurin Zacpeten yana kan tsibiri a Tafkin Salpeten a Ma'aikatar Petén da ke arewacin Guatemala. Mayawa sun zauna a wurin tun lokacin da aka fara zama a lokacin tsakiyar Preclassic (1000 <unk> 300 BC). Bayan watsi da shi a lokacin Late Preclassic da Early Classic, an sake mayar da shafin daga Late zuwa Terminal Classic (AD 600 <unk> 950). An sake watsi da shi, an sake sake shi a cikin Late Postclassic ta mutanen Maya wadanda suka tsira daga rushewar Maya na gargajiya kuma suka yi hijira daga Mayapan a Yucatán (yanzu a Mexico) bayan rushewar birnin a karni na goma sha biyar. Wadannan mutane, Kowoj Maya, sun kawo kayan kwalliyar su na musamman kuma sun gina majami'un majami'u na Mayapan tare da haikalin da aka ɗaga wanda ke kwance a kusurwar dama zuwa haikalin da ke fuskantar yamma maimakon fuskantar ta, wani tsari daban da tsarin gine-gine na waje a tsakiyar Peten. Wannan wayewar ta bunƙasa kuma ta kasance mai zaman kanta daga
Mamayar Mutanen Espanya har zuwa ƙarshen karni na 17, yawanci ana rubuta shi a matsayin 1697.