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Coatetelco

Opening hours
Wednesday to Sunday from 09:00 to 18:00 h - Last access 17:00 h
Fee
$75.00
Adress

Amarguera Sur s/n, Coatetelco, C.P. 62606, Miacatlán, Municipality of Miacatlán, Morelos.

Access

From Mexico City or Cuernavaca, take federal highway 95, Mexico-Acapulco, as far as the exit for Alpuyeca-Miacatlán. Coatetelco is 2 km from Alpuyeca.

Services
Toilets
Guided tours
Important
  • Extra fee for professional cameras
  • Sundays free for mexican citizens
  • Free entrance for Mexican students and teachers
  • Free entrance for Mexican senior citizens
  • No smoking
  • No entry with food
  • Pets not allowed

Coatetelco

Coatetelco

Coatetelco

This city was a dependency of Tula, attaining an important role through trade and religion. When Tula fell around 1000 AD, Coatetelco took its place in the west of the present-day state of Morelos.


Coatetelco was built on the shore of the lake of the same name. The site flourished most notably in the Late Preclassic, and was later linked to Xochicalco. After its period of domination by Xochicalco, Coatetelco became the region’s principal center. In the Postclassic it was involved with Tula, which is evident from the presence of a Chac Mool.

The complex includes pyramidal plinths, platforms and a ballcourt with stone facing over an earth and stone core. Associated with the ballcourt there is a tzompantli with a large quantity of stone “nails” which were used to pierce the skulls of the people who were sacrificed. There are vestiges of stucco in the court as well as in other parts of the site.


 


 

Templo mayor

Templo mayor

It is the tallest structure of the site. It has a stairway with two lateral alfardas that leads to the upper part; this is where the temple was located. The bodies of the pyramidal base are built on a slope and covered with stucco.

Juego de pelota

Juego de pelota

The ball game had a religious significance, as well as recreational and political purposes. Its structure consists of two platforms and a court. The western platform has three bodies and two stairways flanked by alfardas that lead to the upper part; it preserves remains of stucco floors.

Estructuras frente al Juego de Pelota

Estructuras frente al Juego de Pelota

This complex is composed of the following structures: a shrine known as the Basamento con Ofrenda de Sahumadores where, during excavations, a female anthropomorphic stone sculpture and clay sahumadores were found; a circular base probably dedicated to Ehécatl, god of the wind; and the platform of

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