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Multi-periodSite Name: Balcon de MontezumaCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 16.539 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Tamaulipas Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ciudad Victoria
Latitude: 23.590130N Longitude: 99.1772W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Balcon de Montezuma is located 26 km SW from Ciudad Victoria, near road 101 leading to San Luis Potosi. The site was occupied between 400 and 1200 BC, but it's heyday was in Late Classic period.
It consists of over 70 structures concentrated around two plazas, some of these buildings representing residential functions, the other religious ones. Most of the structures are poorly preserved, but excavations directed by Jesus Narez in years 1988-1990 brought lot of interesting finds including large amounts of Pre-Colombian pottery and smoking pipes.
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