<< Text Pages >> Purepecha Digs - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico
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Multi-periodSite Name: Purepecha DigsCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 96.457 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 19.465900N Longitude: 102.25W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The dig site is for a late Archaic culture that has been named after the historic Indian people of this area of Michoacan. It includes the oldest known burial site in MesoAmerica - 2570 BC to 2320 BC.
Artifacts indicate the people traded or collected raw materials from outside of the immediate area, cultivated squash and corn (maize,) and had a society with some level of social stratification.
The location given is approximate and actually cites the peak of the Paricutin Volcano which towers over the dig site.
Note: Bizarre dentures. See the attached article on this burial:
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