than smaller highland centers like Tenam Puente. In fact, the highland cities that survived the initial collapse may even have benefited from the abrupt decline of their lowland competitors. Tenam Puente, as well as nearby Chinkultic, were a modest power on the western fringe of the Maya world's highlands, and appear to have survived until around 1200 AD, before finally being abandoned, for reasons that are still unclear.

Trade

The strategic location of Tenam Puente allowed its inhabitants

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