
Mayan local village chief: Batab, which is Mayan for 'Local village chief, chieftain' (plural: batabo'ob), was the name given to the chief of a town or village called batabil (plural: batabilo'ob).Sometimes, various batabilo'ob situated in a limited area or jurisdiction in Mayan lands, called a Kuchkabal, could have a variable political or governmental organization concentrating the highest...