List of archaeological sites in Mexico City
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This is a list of the preserved Pre-Columbian-era archaeological sites in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.[1]
This list does not include objects or constructions preserved in museums of the city.
Neither, this list does not include the Greater Mexico City pre-columbian archaeological sites outside Mexico City; only include within the 16 municipalities of Mexico City proper.
They are protected real estates that are heritage of the nation, and are declared as such in the Public Register of Monuments and Archaeological Zones of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), in accordance with the Federal law on monuments and archaeological, artistic and historical zones of Mexico.
Buildings in the areas of the Historic center of Mexico City, Xochimilco and Central University City Campus of the UNAM are World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
The list is ordered by their foundation or groundbreaking date.
Name | Image | Note | Built | Source | Location | ID | ||||||||
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Archaeological site of Mixcoac | It was a settlement of the city-state of Coyohuacan (Tepanecs) and after was shortly occupied by the Mexicas (Aztecs) | 900 BC-1521 | [2] |
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Cuicuilco | It was the one of oldest cities in the Valley of Mexico. It was a city-state | 800 BC-400 BC | [3] |
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ZA45 | |||||||||
Archaeological site of Cerro de la Estrella | Village related to Cuicuilco culture and a very important ritual ceremony was performed here | 200 BC | [4] |
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ZA44 | |||||||||
Copilco | It was an important ceremonial center of the Chichimecas, Tepanecas and Cuicuilcas | 500 | [5] |
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Cuahilama | It was a ceremonial center of several cultures | 1200-1500 | [6] |
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Templo Mayor | It was the main temple of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire | 1325-1487 | [7] |
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ZA43 | |||||||||
Archaeological site of Tlatelolco | It is the remains of the city-state of Tlatelolco (an Aztec state) | 1338 | [8] |
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ZA42 | |||||||||
Baths of Chapultepec | Pre-columbian and Spanish colonial baths | 14th century | [9] |
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00124 | |||||||||
Ticomán | It was a settlement of the Otomis | [10] |
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See also[edit]
- Teotihuacan, 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Mexico City.
References[edit]
- ^ Article 28 of the federal law on Monuments and archaeological, artistic and historical zones of Mexico
- ^ Yanireth Israde (24 August 2019). "Abren zona arqueológica de Mixcoac". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City.
- ^ Pastrana, Alejandro; Fournier, Patricia (July–August 1997). "CUICUILCO DESDE CUICUILCO" [Cuicuilco from Cuicuilco] (in Spanish). Actualidades arqueológicas. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13.
- ^ Gobierno de la Delegación Iztapalapa. "Cerro de la Estrella". Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Hechos históricos relevantes" [Relevant historical facts] (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
- ^ "Pueblos indigenas de México y agua:Xochimilcas" (PDF). UNESCO office in Montevideo (in Spanish).
- ^ Lourdes Cue, ed. (14 January 1998). "Model of the ceremonial precinct of Mexico-Tenochtitlan". Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ^ Francisco González Rul (1993). Tlatelolco, ciudad hermana de Tenochtitlan. Mexico: Secretary of Foreign Affairs. pp. 9 to 19. ISBN 968-810-286-5.
- ^ "Baños de Moctezuma", Chapultepec website, archived from the original on 2011-08-09
- ^ Hernández Reyes, Carlos (1995). "El Preclásico superior en Hidalgo y una hipótesis sobre la cerámica otomí temprana y la coyotlatelco". En Nava L., Fernando (comp.), Otopames. Memoria de primer coloquio. Querétaro: University City: IIA-UNAM.