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<< Other Photo Pages >> Los Guachimontones - Ancient Temple in Mexico in Mexico Other

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 27 October 2014  Page Views: 6450

Multi-periodSite Name: Los Guachimontones Alternative Name: Huachimontones
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 21.979 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Mexico Other Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Guadalajara  Nearest Village: Teuchitlán
Latitude: 20.696000N  Longitude: 103.8361W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
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
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Los Guachimontones submitted by Flickr : Piramide circular de los Guachimontones Image copyright: Neikame (Jesus Hinojosa), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Circular stepped pyramids in Jalisco State among a complex of building sites. Dates from 300BC to ~900AD. A UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Los Guachimontones
Los Guachimontones submitted by Flickr : Los Guachimontones (alternatively Huachimontones) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site near the Mexican town of Teuchitlán in the state of Jalisco. It is the major site of the so-called Teuchitlan tradition,[1] a complex society that existed from as early as 300 BCE until perhaps 900 CE. The dominant features at los Guachimontones are circular stepped pyramids in the middle of circular bui... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Los Guachimontones
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Los Guachimontones submitted by Flickr : Los Guachimontones Site in Mexico Still no rain. Image copyright: Experience Tequila, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Los Guachimontones
Los Guachimontones submitted by Flickr : Guachimontones (o Huachimontones) es el nombre de un centro ceremonial y antiguo asentamiento prehispánico ubicado en la ciudad y municipio de Teuchitlán, aproximadamente a una hora al oeste de la ciudad de Guadalajara en el estado de Jalisco. Este asentamiento fue bautizado así por el nombre del lugar donde se descubrió este primer sitio arqueológico, posteriormente se han descubierto otros ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Los Guachimontones by Anonymous on Tuesday, 05 June 2012
I see the UNESCO World Heritage citation is under "Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila".
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    Re: Los Guachimontones by bat400 on Monday, 16 June 2014
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    Yes, under Zone 2 - "1209-002 Zona nucleo 02, Zona arqueológica Los Guachimontones de Teuchitlán Mexico"
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