Tehuacán

Tehuacán is a town in the Mexican state of Puebla (230 000 inhabitants ).

Tehuacán is located in a dry valley, was recovered in the important case of extensive excavations information about the origin and development of agriculture in America. Here for the first time was a continuous time series of the earliest settlement on the Pflanzendomestikation, the ceramic production are performed until the Spanish conquest in the 16th century.

The first traces of settlement of small roving groups of hunters go back in time to around 9000 BC. In the El Riego - phase (7000 - 5000 BC), the first domesticated plants (garden pumpkin, avocado, amaranth, chili and cotton) were grown to a small extent of semi-nomadic groups. The first domesticated corn and beans dipped in Coxcatlán phase (5000 - 3400 BC) on. In the Abejas phase shells and jars were made of stone. The first permanent settlement of 3000 BC and the first ceramic is for Purrón phase ( 2300-1500 BC) detected.

Diocese of Tehuacán

  • Diocese of Tehuacán

18.462777777778 - 97.388611111111Koordinaten: 18 ° 28 ' N, 97 ° 23' W

  • Place in Puebla
  • Precolumbian Mesoamerica
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