Tepexi el Viejo

Tepexi el Viejo is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico, located southeast of the city of Puebla. The name was originally Tepexic, which means "split rock or steep" in Nahuatl, composed of the words tetl and pexic.

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History

The site served as the head of one of the most important lordships. It was occupied from 2013 B.C. until the Spanish Conquest. Shirley Gorennstein defined three phases based on her analysis of the area's architecture and pottery: Phase Huichi,, and Phase Xaqua Toyna.

Design

The core of the site is a walled fortress, which is located at the confluence of two deep ravines ; one of them is the Xamilpa or Lazamilpan river, giving the spot strategic importance: this river is a tributary of Atoyac River. The area consists of a wall surrounding the exposed archaeological structures of squares and ceremonial mounds, which suggests it was once a military fortress.