San Miguel Ixtapan (archaeological site)

Otomi Culture – Archaeological Site
San Miguel Ixtapan, Basement 3
San Miguel Ixtapan, ballgame court
Name: San Miguel Ixtapan Archaeological Site
Type Mesoamerican archaeology
Location San Miguel Ixtapan, Tejupilco (municipality), State of Mexico
 Mexico
Region Mesoamerica
Coordinates 18°48′27″N 100°09′19″W / 18.80750°N 100.15528°W / 18.80750; -100.15528
Culture Otomí – Toltec – Aztec
Language Otomí – Nahuatl
Chronology 500 to 1500 CE
Period Mesoamerican Classical, Postclassical
Apogee 750 to 900 CE
INAH Web Page San Miguel Ixtapan Archaeological Site (in Spanish)

San Miguel Ixtapan is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Tejupilco (Nahuatl "Texopilco" or "Texopilli"), in the State of Mexico.

Tejupilco is about 100 kilometers[1] west from the city of Toluca, Mexico State, on federal highway 134. The site is some 15 kilometers south of the municipal head, on state highway 8 that leads to Amatepec.[2]

This site is one of the few explored in the southwest region of the State of Mexico, that has provided some archaeological information on an area that virtually[clarification needed]` was not explored.[2]

Its apogee was in the aftermath of the Teotihuacan decline. Located in an area which probably served as a liaison between the Central Highlands and regions of Michoacán and Guerrero, San Miguel Ixtapan had its greatest growth between 750 and 900 CE. Then the site reaches a substantial expansion and built most of the structures of the ceremonial area now visible, they represent only a portion of what was the site in its splendor. San Miguel Ixtapan was located in a privileged place with deposits of basalt prisms used for construction, fertile land and one of the larger flow springs in the State.[3]

  1. ^ Clément, Marianne C. (December 26, 2010). "Site visit". Notes & Photographs. San Miguel Ixtapan.
  2. ^ a b Rodríguez Garcia, Norma L. "Pagina web INAH, San Miguel Ixtapan" [San Miguel Ixtapan INAH Web Page]. INAH (in Spanish). Mexico. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "San Miguel Ixtapan" (in Spanish). Mexico: Arqueologia Mexicana. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.