List of archaeological sites in Mexico City information
The sixteen municipalities (Alcaldías) of Mexico City proper.
This is a list of the preserved Pre-Columbian-era archaeological sites in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.[1]
This list does not include objects or constructions preserved in museums of the city.
Neither, this list does not include the Greater Mexico City pre-columbian archaeological sites outside Mexico City; only include within the 16 municipalities of Mexico City proper.
They are protected real estates that are heritage of the nation, and are declared as such in the Public Register of Monuments and Archaeological Zones of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), in accordance with the Federal law on monuments and archaeological, artistic and historical zones of Mexico.
Buildings in the areas of the Historic center of Mexico City, Xochimilco and Central University City Campus of the UNAM are World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
The list is ordered by their foundation or groundbreaking date.
Name
Image
Note
Built
Source
Location
ID
Archaeological site of Mixcoac
It was a settlement of the city-state of Coyohuacan (Tepanecs) and after was shortly occupied by the Mexicas (Aztecs)
900 BC-1521
[2]
Location within Mexico City
General information
Location
San Pedro de los Pinos, corner of San Antonio avenue and Periférico
Coordinates
19°13′51.96″N99°6′44.64″W / 19.2311000°N 99.1124000°W / 19.2311000; -99.1124000 (Archaeological site of Mixcoac)
Cuicuilco
It was the one of oldest cities in the Valley of Mexico. It was a city-state
It is the remains of the city-state of Tlatelolco (an Aztec state)
1338
[8]
Location within Mexico City
General information
Location
Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlatelolco, Center
Coordinates
19°27′3.9″N99°08′15″W / 19.451083°N 99.13750°W / 19.451083; -99.13750 (Archaeological site of Tlatelolco)
ZA42
Baths of Chapultepec
Pre-columbian and Spanish colonial baths
14th century
[9]
Location within Mexico City
General information
Location
Forest of Chapultepec, Chapultepec
Coordinates
19°25′20.9″N99°10′4.93″W / 19.422472°N 99.1680361°W / 19.422472; -99.1680361 (Baths of Moctezuma)
00124
Ticomán
It was a settlement of the Otomis
[10]
General information
Location
north of the Sierra de Guadalupe, Mexico City
^Article 28 of the federal law on Monuments and archaeological, artistic and historical zones of Mexico
^Yanireth Israde (24 August 2019). "Abren zona arqueológica de Mixcoac". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City.
^Pastrana, Alejandro; Fournier, Patricia (July–August 1997). "CUICUILCO DESDE CUICUILCO" [Cuicuilco from Cuicuilco] (in Spanish). Actualidades arqueológicas. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13.
^Gobierno de la Delegación Iztapalapa. "Cerro de la Estrella". Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.
^"Hechos históricos relevantes" [Relevant historical facts] (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
^"Pueblos indigenas de México y agua:Xochimilcas" (PDF). UNESCO office in Montevideo (in Spanish).
^Lourdes Cue, ed. (14 January 1998). "Model of the ceremonial precinct of Mexico-Tenochtitlan". Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
^Francisco González Rul (1993). Tlatelolco, ciudad hermana de Tenochtitlan. Mexico: Secretary of Foreign Affairs. pp. 9 to 19. ISBN 968-810-286-5.
^"Baños de Moctezuma", Chapultepec website, archived from the original on 2011-08-09
^Hernández Reyes, Carlos (1995). "El Preclásico superior en Hidalgo y una hipótesis sobre la cerámica otomí temprana y la coyotlatelco". En Nava L., Fernando (comp.), Otopames. Memoria de primer coloquio. Querétaro: University City: IIA-UNAM.
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