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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cuicuilco - Pyramid / Mastaba in Mexico in Estado de Mexico

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Multi-periodSite Name: Cuicuilco
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 5.686 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Estado de Mexico Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Mexico City
Latitude: 19.302440N  Longitude: 99.181564W
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
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3 Ambience:
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3 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
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Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco submitted by SolarMegalith : Site in Estado de Mexico Mexico Preclassic pyramid in Cuicuilco located on the suburbs of Mexico City (photo taken in 2005). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of a round pyramid south of Mexico City. It was apparently buried by a volcano around 30 CE.

From SolarMegalith:
Cuicuilco flourished in the preclassic period, becaming one of the most important urban centres of this area, in it’s heyday having the population not lesser than Teotihuacan. The eruption of the Xitle volcano seriously damaged Cuicuilco, giving Teotihuacan a chance to become the major centre of the region.
The most significant and best preserved construction in Cuicuilco is a ring pyramid constructed in the 8th – 6th century BCE. Near the site there’s also a small archaeological exhibition.
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Cuicuilco submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Archaeological relics..." via archive.org Site in Estado de Mexico Mexico (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cuicuilco submitted by Marcia : Site in Estado de Mexico Mexico (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Archaeological relics..." via archive.org Site in Estado de Mexico Mexico (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco submitted by Marcia : Site in Estado de Mexico Mexico (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cuicuilco submitted by Marcia

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The Mesoamerican connection: Cuicuilco, the Pompei of the Americas by Andy B on Friday, 21 May 2010
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Archaeologists currently think that the first settlement to reach “city scale” in central Mexico was Cuicuilco. The community was located on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. It is in the Colonia Coyacan section of Mexico City today. However, today urban development and drainage projects have shrunk Lake Texcoco to the size where it is not even visible from the Cuicuilco archaeological zone. At its probable peak size around 150 AD, the city contained at least 20,000 people. It may have been larger, because much of the archaeological zone was developed into office buildings and industries before archaeologists could thoroughly study the site.

Cuicuilco began as a small farming and fishing village around 750 BC; that’s 850 years AFTER the founding of Poverty Point, Louisiana and 650 years after the earliest town in the Olmec civilization. (See articles on Poverty Point and Early Maya.) It seems to have been a center of agricultural experimentation and improvement. As cultivated crops became more productive and diverse, Cuicuilco grew in population. The plentiful rainfall, year round mild climate and rich volcanic soils made possible the accumulation of a dense population. There is also evidence of cultural contacts with the Zoque on the Gulf Coasts. Initially, artistic styles in the two regions were very similar, but when the Olmec ceremonial centers were abandoned around 450 BC, the Valley of Mexico developed its own distinct artistic traditions.

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http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2010m4d16-The-Mesoamerican-connection-Cuicuilco-the-Pompei-of-the-Americas
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