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Mexico Structure IX Maya: 42 Bonampak. Mexico The Temple of the Murals Maya: 580 to 800 CE Calakmul. Mexico Structure I Maya: 40 Calakmul. Mexico The Great Pyramid - Structure II Maya: 55 593 CE Chacchoben. Mexico Temple 1 Maya: 20 Chichen Itza. Mexico El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcan) Maya: 55.3 30 Cholula. Mexico The Great Pyramid of Cholula ...
El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], 'the Castle'), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
The Aztecs dominated central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. [4] Their capital was Tenochtitlan on the shore of Lake Texcoco – the site of modern-day Mexico City . They were related to the preceding cultures in the basin of Mexico such as the culture of Teotihuacan whose building style they adopted and adapted. [ 5 ]
Three aspects seem fundamental: a) the Bajio as an important part of the Mesoamerican universe was a trade communication region and a link between three the cultural areas proposed by Paul Kirchhoff (1967): Central, North and West Mexico; b) theories based on influences determination from major population centers, has now been replaced by ...
The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, and one of the largest in Mesoamerica.It is believed to have been constructed about 200 AD. [4] Found along the Avenue of the Dead, in between the Pyramid of the Moon and the Ciudadela, and in the shadow of the mountain Cerro Gordo, the pyramid is part of a large complex in the heart of the city.
Huapalcalco (Pyramid) Archaeological Site, established during Toltec Period (100–650 CE) Huapalcalco is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archeological site located some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Tulancingo in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico.
Spring equinox in Teotihuacán is an annual event which takes place around the 20th and 21st of March at the pre-Hispanic site of Teotihuacán, Mexico. This event is mirrored by other similar events in other pre-Hispanic sites such as Chichén Itzá and Malinalco, Mexico State. [1] [2]
1991 Fechamientos por radiocarbono en Teotihuacan. Arqueología, segunda época 6:3-18. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. (Spanish) Rodríguez, Ernesto 1994 Cuicuilco "C". Un rescate arqueológico en el sur de la Ciudad de México. Tesis de Licenciatura en Arqueología, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México.