Tlapacoya (Mesoamerican site)

Tlapacoya is an archaeological site in the territory of the municipality of Ixtapaluca in Central Mexico.

Location

The archaeological site of Tlapacoya located about 40 km to the southeast of the metropolis of Mexico City at a height of about 2300 m asl The nearest town is Ixtapaluca on the CF150, the Mexico City to Puebla and on to Veracruz leads.

History

Prehistory

During construction of the highway Mexico - Puebla former volcano Tlapacoya have been discovered so far, the oldest traces of human activity in Central America in the area of ​​the former Lake Chalco in 1966 feet. The artifacts, including scraper and obsidian spikes could be dated to the period 22000-20000 BC using the C14 measurement and stratigraphic studies. However, the results and methods are among the professionals still highly controversial.

Secured better the dating of human skeletal remains at an age of 9730 ± 65 years, allowing the facility would still be one of the earliest finds of human remains after the Buhl Woman.

Formative Period

Equally important are small finds from around 1500-900 BC; including several female clay figurines that make probably Olmec influences in their facial and body treatment. Dating from around 1000 BC, some drinking vessels or ' amphorae ' originate (also called Dragon -Pot ), betrayed their paintings in style and motifs of several researchers believe also Olmec influences. The findings of Tlapacoya also be attributed to the so-called Tlatilco culture.

Archaeological Site

Little remains of the archaeological site; the most important buildings are from the post-Christian era and have been built into the slope of the former volcano Tlapacoya.

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