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<< Other Photo Pages >> Teteles de Santo Nombre - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Puebla

Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 26 February 2011  Page Views: 8957

Multi-periodSite Name: Teteles de Santo Nombre Alternative Name: Piramide de los Caracoles (Shells Pyramid), Piramide de los Cascabeles (Rattles Pyramid)
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 48.519 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Puebla Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tlacotepec de Benito Juarez  Nearest Village: Santo Nombre
Latitude: 18.628000N  Longitude: 97.7175W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Ambience:
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Santo Nombre submitted by Andy B : Consolidation works at the Pyramid of the Snails. Photo copyright: DMC INAH (M. Tapia.) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Town in Puebla. Occupied for more than 1,000 years, from 400 BC to 600 AD. The main structures are two 7 and 14 metres-high pyramidal structures having similarities with the Teotihuacan architectural style.

These pyramids, Piramide de los Caracoles (Shells Pyramid) and Piramide de los Cascabeles (Rattles Pyramid), were restored and consolidated as part of the work focused on the opening of the site by 2012.

Several other structures were restored in 2009.

Note: Two pyramids in Puebla, Mexico restored for 2012 Opening
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Two Pyramids in Puebla, Mexico Restored for 2012 Opening. by bat400 on Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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The buildings known as Piramide de los Caracoles and Piramide de los Cascabeles at the site were explored and consolidated in 2010 by archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), to be added up to those restored in 2009: Estructura Sur (South Structure) and Casa del Nahual (House of the Nagual).

Archaeologist Blas Castellon, responsible for the archaeological project, announced that in December 11th 2010 the works of the second archaeological season were finished at the site located to the north of Tehuacan, a strategic point of the exchange routes between the center, the Gulf of Mexico and the Oaxaca Coast in Prehispanic times.

INAH specialists concluded the consolidation of the pyramids located at the Central Plaza and the Gran Altar (Great Altar) Plaza, where other buildings are distributed, most of them oriented to the east, towards Popocatepetl Volcano.

The Gran Altar Plaza is a conjunct of 3 temples that imitate the Teotihuacan slope-and-panel style. At this site, Structures East and South have already been restored and consolidated, while the third temple is to be intervened during the next exploration stage.

The East Structure, also known as Piramide de los Caracoles because an offering with 2 giant shells was found atop, was occupied between 100 and 600 of the Common Era. Seven sculptures that represent human heads with ear ornaments were found at the base of the staircase. One of them presents polychrome stucco.

Balustrades, slopes, panels, and moulding of Teotihuacan style reveal the influence of the city in Santo Nombre as well as a close relation; “We must keep in mind that Teotihuacan was the greatest city at the Central High Plateau during the Classic period (200 to 600 AD), and it had immense influence in Mesoamericaâ€.

Castellon mentioned that labors at Plaza Central ended the updating of the Rattles Pyramid, “named after the finding of a young man in the middle of the structure with a green bead in the trachea as an offering and more than 60 rattles tied to his anklesâ€.

Piramide de los Cascabeles stands out because it has 2 accesses, one at the east and the other at the west. As part of the season’s works, carbonized maguey spines, as well as small flat bowls that might have been used in auto sacrificial practices were found; this material found deducing occupation happened between 300 BC and 200 of the Common Era.

“Only governors and administrators had access to Plaza Central. This space is at the center of the site and is surrounded by more than 30 pyramidal structures that blocked the access to this squareâ€, commented the archaeologist.

In spite of the Teotihuacan influence, the culture developed at Santo Nombre, Puebla, was a local civilization; “We deduce they were ancestors of Popolocas, also known as Olmecas-Xicalancas, but this has only been determined in the linguistic and cultural level until nowâ€, declared Castellon.

Burned Prehispanic Objects

Blas Castillon mentioned that several objects found present signs of incineration, particularly at the Gran Altar Plaza, where obsidian and carved bone burins, pendants, stone sculptures, black and orange ceramic pieces, remains of prey birds and large felines, shells, fragments of ceramic figurines and a polychrome brazier that was almost totally reconstructed were found.

Nearly 1,000 amorphous flat bowls were found; from them, 500 have already been registered. They contained remains of beans, maize, squash, chili and cocoa, and might have been used to offer blood as well, but this must be determined after conducting analyses.

Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see http://www.artdaily.org/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=43482
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