Chicomoztoc
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Chicōmōztōc is the name for the mythical origin place of the Aztec Mexicas, Tepanecs, Acolhuas, and other Nahuatl-speaking peoples of Mesoamerica, in the Postclassic period.
The seven caves of Chicomoztoc, from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. The depiction of a 'curved mountain' at the top of this painting is meant as a referent to Culhuacan.
Valley of Mexico
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The Valley of Mexico, sometimes also called the Basin of Mexico, is a large natural basin on the highland plateau of central Mexico. Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, the valley was the historica
Chicomoztoc
…There is an association of Chicomoztoc with certain legendary traditions concerning Culhuacan (Colhuacan), an actual pre-Columbian settlement in the Valley of Mexico which was considered to have been one of the earliest and most pre-eminent settlements in the valley. Culhuacan ("place of those with ancestors" is its…
View of the Valley of Mexico from the neighborhood of San Bernabé Ocotepec, 2022
A Columbian mammoth jaw excavated at Tocuila
Modern-day Cuicuilco
Ceramic art recovered from Tlatilco, c. 1300–800 BC