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Multi-periodSite Name: TlatelolcoCountry: Mexico
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Region: Mexico Other Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mexico City
Latitude: 19.451100N Longitude: 99.1375W
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
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2 | A long walk |
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Ancient City in the Federal District of Mexico.Although it was a separate city state, Tlatelolco shared its location on a massive "island" with its larger and more dominant neighbor, Tenochtitlan.
Famous for a great market, relatively little is known about the importance of Tlatelolco in the Aztec world, because the native people who told the Aztec "story" to the Spanish were themselves from Tenochtitlan, and tended to denigrate the smaller twin city in their own favor.
There is evidence of pre-Aztec occupation, but the ruins that can be seen date from the city's founding as an Aztec city in the mid 1300's, although even this date is only an estimate. There is a bipartite Great Temple, and platforms and altars of several smaller temples.
Sources: Andrew Coe, Archaeological Mexico, Avalon Travel, 2001.
Note: Mexican Archaeologists Find Ancient Staircase at Tlatelolco, May Confirm First Building Dates.
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