ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONES

MEXICO

Archaeological Zones

The monuments and archaeological remains of which has the country, dating back to the Toltecs and Aztecs, among others.

CHICHÉN-ITZÁ

The famous Mayan pyramid and relationship sacrifices and clairvoyance

Culture: MayanLocalized: State of Merida, Yucatan

TEOTIHUACAN

The most densely populated urban

center of Mesoamerica

during the Classic period

Culture: NahuatlLocalized: State of Mexico

TAJIN

According to indigenous

maps the site was once known as

Mictlan, the "abode of the

dead"

Culture: TotonacLocalized: State of Veracruz

MONTE ALBAN

Culture: Mixtec And ZapotecanLocalized: State of Oaxaca

Mixtec Zapotecan

Name Sahandevul

Danibaan

Meaning "At the Foot of the Sky

" Sacred Mountain"

UXMAL

Culture: MayanLocalized: State of Yucatan

As a World Heritage site, it is one of the best-

restored and maintained and

certainly one of the most magnificent

TULA

Tula is generally accepted as the

legendary capital 'Tollan' of the Toltec empire.

Culture: ToltecLocalized: State of Hidalgo

PALENQUE

Culture: MayanLocalized: State of Chiapas

Palenque, It is one of the most impressive sites of this culture.

LA VENTA

The current oral tradition

indicates that the name of La Venta comes from the fact

that at the end of last century

Culture: OlmecLocalized: State of Tabasco and Veracruz

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Other Archaeological Zones

Cobá Tepozteco Muyil Balamku San gervasio Chicanna

Guachimontones Dzibanche Labna Chacmultún El rey Chacchoben

Izamal Chakanbakan Becán Oxtankah Oxkintok Sayil

Toniná Tlatelolco Dzibilchaltun

Acanceh Kabah

3.7

3.3

2.6

1990 2000 2005Source: INEGI. XI General Census of Population and Housing, 1990.

Relative Value of Native Language Speaker

Population 5 and over speaking an indigenous language by sex 1990-2005

Bibliography

http://yucatantoday.com/en/topics/chichen-itza http://wikitravel.org/en/Tulum http://www.delange.org/ElTajin/ElTajin.htm http://yucatantoday.com/en/topics/uxmal http://www.elclima.com.mx/zona_arqueologica_la_venta.htm http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/mexicotula.htm http://

www.mexconnect.com/articles/960-paquime-casas-grandes-chihuahua

http://listas.20minutos.es/lista/zonas-arqueologicas-de-mexico-34047/

http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S1850-00132011000100003&script=sci_arttext

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