Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha capital of the same name. The name comes from the Purépecha word Ts’intsuntsani,...
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Tzintzuntzan may refer to: Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site), a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico, former capital of the Tarascan state Tzintzuntzan...
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Mesoamerican pyramids form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. Although similar in some ways to Egyptian pyramids, these New World...
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Mesoamerica (redirect from Mesoamerican)
and maintain many practices hearkening back to their Mesoamerican roots. Ancient Mesoamerican sites in El Salvador Holy Spirit Grotto Joya de Cerén Tazumal...
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(Maya site) Tres Zapotes Tula Tulum Tunkuyi Tututepec Tzendales Tzibanche Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site) Tzocchen Tzum Uaymil Uci (Maya site) Uitzina...
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Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of prehispanic Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian (first human habitation until 3500 BCE);...
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Purépecha Empire (redirect from Kingdom of Tzintzuntzan)
empire called the Irecha or Cazonci. The Purépecha capital was located at Tzintzuntzan on the banks of Lake Pátzcuaro and, according to Purépecha oral tradition...
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Mesoamerican architecture is the set of architectural traditions produced by pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, traditions which...
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Kingdom of Sweden Capital: Stockholm Tarascan state Capital: Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site) Ternate – Sultanate of Ternate Capital: Ternate Teutonic...
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This is a list of Mesoamerican pyramids or ceremonial structures. In most cases they are not true pyramids. There are hundreds of these done in many different...
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archeological site in Michoacán state, Mexico. It is at the southern slopes of Cerro Tariaqueri, just north of the Ihuatzio town, in the Tzintzuntzan municipality...
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Guachimontones (category Mesoamerican sites)
contributions until the Postclassic period and rise of the Kingdom of Tzintzuntzan in present-day Michoacán. Weigand and Mountjoy formally mapped Los Guachimontones...
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Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition (category Mesoamerican cultures)
tomb he had visited in 1896. He also visited and described the ruins of Tzintzuntzan, the seat of the Tarascan state some 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the east...
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Prehispanico de Pelota Encendida (Mesoamerican ball game –lighted) At 7 pm on 1 November in the village of Tzintzuntzan the game is played in the old ball...
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Michoacán Tepic, Nayarit Texmelincan, Guerrero Tuxcacuesco, Jalisco Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán Yestla, Guerrero Zacpu, Michoacán Zamora, Michoacán (AD 900–1500)...
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Tourism in Mexico (redirect from Archaeological sites in Mexico)
climate and distinctive cultural amalgamation, blending European and Mesoamerican influences. The nation experiences peak tourism seasons typically during...
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of the most advanced civilizations in Mesoamerica. Their capital at Tzintzuntzan was just one of the many cities—there were ninety more under its control...
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the Lake Pátzcuaro–Tzintzuntzan–Quiroga area, which was the center of the Purépecha Empire; as well as the location of the Tzintzuntzan yácata pyramids....
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Purépecha (category Mesoamerican cultures)
of the major empires of the Pre-Columbian era. The capital city was Tzintzuntzan. Purépecha architecture is noted for step pyramids in the shape of the...
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The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mēxihcah (pronounced...
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Huandacareo (category Mesoamerican sites)
Those sites include: El Opeño, Curutarán, la Villita, Tepalcatepec, Apatzingán, Zinapécuaro, Coalcomán, San Felipe de los Alzati, Tzintzuntzan, Tingambato...
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Central Valleys of Oaxaca. Located in the modern town of the same name, Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Tarascan state capital...
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comes from the Lake Pátzcuaro area. One town notable for its pottery is Tzintzuntzan, which produces a wide variety of pottery in home-based workshops. Most...
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archaeological periods (North America) List of pre-Columbian cultures Mesoamerican chronology Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips (1957). Method and Theory...
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roughly follows the history of Mexico, divided into the prehispanic Mesoamerican era, the colonial period, with the period after Mexican War of Independence...
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contemporary and enemy of the Aztec Empire). A few Spaniards went with them to Tzintzuntzan, where they were presented to the ruler and gifts were exchanged. They...
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overpowered the Purépecha in Michoacán, converting their capital of Tzintzuntzan as a base to move further west. One reason for the push towards the Pacific...
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Eduardo Pareyón Moreno (category Mesoamerican archaeologists)
and the studies about the yacatas structures in the Michoacán area of Tzintzuntzan. He also initiated the archaeological works showing the mural paintings...
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