Tepexi el Viejo

Tepexi in Nahuatl means "split rock or steep." It comes from the tetl, stone and Pexic words, split or cut.

History

The site served as head of one of the most important popolocas lordships; It was occupied from 1300 d. C. until the Conquest, Shirley Gorennstein defined three phases based on the analysis of architecture and pottery: - (. 1350 - 1450 AD) Phase Huichi (. 1300 1350 AD), and Phase Phase Xaqua Toyna (1450 AD -. Conquest). The core of the site is a walled fortress, which is located at the confluence of two deep ravines (140 meters high); one of them is the riverbed The Xamilpa or Lazamilpan, giving much greater strategic importance, since this river is permanent tributary of Atoyac. The area consists of a wall surrounding the exposed archaeological structures, consisting of squares and ceremonial mounds, which obviously accuses a military fortress.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Zona Arqueológica Tepexi el Viejo". inah.gob.mx. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
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