The Sierra Norte de Puebla is a rugged mountainous region accounting for the northern third of the state of Puebla, Mexico. It is at the intersection of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Sierra
Barranca de los Jilgueros, in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, near Zacatlán, Puebla.
Fog at the Piedras Encimadas Valley in Zacatlán
Totonacapan refers to the historical extension where the Totonac people of Mexico dominated, as well as to a region in the modern states of Veracruz and Puebla. The historical territory was much large
Sierra Norte de Puebla
…between the Mexican Plateau and the Gulf of Mexico coast. From the Mesoamerican period to the 19th century, this area was part of a larger region called Totonacapan, and area dominated by the Totonac people, extending further east to the Gulf of Mexico. Political maneuvers to weaken the Totonacs led to the region…
Pyramid of the Niches in El Tajín
19th century Carl Nebel lithograph of people from Totonacapan
Pyramid at the Cempoala site
Mouth of the Tecolutla River