Abandoned again, it was reoccupied in the Late Postclassic by the Maya peoples who survived the Classic Maya collapse and migrated from Mayapan in Yucatán (now in Mexico) after the collapse of the city in the fifteenth century. These people, the Kowoj Maya, brought their distinctive pottery and constructed typical Mayapan temple assemblages with a raised shrine lying at a right angle to a western facing temple rather than facing it,a very different pattern to ceremonial architecture outside central Peten.
Abandoned again, it was reoccupied by the Maya people who had endured the Classic Maya collapse and migrated from Mayapan in Yucatán (now Mexico) after its collapse in the fifteenth century. The Kowoj Maya introduced their unique pottery and constructed typical Mayapan temple assemblies with a raised shrine at a right angle to a western-facing temple, contrasting with ceremonial architecture outside central Peten.