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Tehuacalco
Tehuacalco is an archeological site located near the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. It was the first archeological site associated with the Yope people to be excavated, in the 2000s. The site is on a hill surrounded by mountains, which were worshipped by the Yope. Four marked the cardinal directions and one, Compuerta, was used to mark solar events such as equinoxes and solstices as the sun rose behind it. Tehuacalco was occupied as a ceremonial site from about 400CE to about 1100CE. The site was opened to the public in 2008. Location The site is located in state of Guerrero, near the state capital of Chilpancingo, near the Mexico City-Acapulco highway. The closest communities are La Haciendita, Camizal de la Vía, El Potrero and Garrapatas, which belong to the Camizal de la Vía ejidos, with the largest nearby community being Tierra Colorada. The environment of the area is deciduous tropical forest, whose trees lose most of their leaves during the dry season in the fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tehuacalco is an archeological site located near the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. It was the first archeological site associated with the Yope people to be excavated, in the 2000s. The site is on a hill surrounded by mountains, which were worshipped by the Yope. Four marked the cardinal directions and one, Compuerta, was used to mark solar events such as equinoxes and solstices as the sun rose behind it. Tehuacalco was occupied as a ceremonial site from about 400CE to about 1100CE. The site was opened to the public in 2008. Location The site is located in state of Guerrero, near the state capital of Chilpancingo, near the Mexico City-Acapulco highway. The closest communities are La Haciendita, Camizal de la Vía, El Potrero and Garrapatas, which belong to the Camizal de la Vía ejidos, with the largest nearby community being Tierra Colorada. The environment of the area is deciduous tropical forest, whose trees lose most of their leaves during the dry season in the fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
