El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro
Toltec-Epiclassic (700–1200 CE El Cerrito dominance)·Toltec-related Querétaro (Tula hemisphere)·🇲🇽 Querétaro, El Cerrito, Corregidora municipality, Cerro Gordo hill, Mexico
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About El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro
El Cerrito excavated by INAH 1940s and 1990s, Toltec regional capital pyramid 12 m on Cerro Gordo. Recorded context — Period: Toltec-Epiclassic (700–1200 CE El Cerrito dominance); Culture: Toltec-related Querétaro (Tula hemisphere); Field status: excavated; Materials: basalt, limestone, adobe fill; Condition: preserved — INAH partially restored.
Why it mattersKey Toltec-related Querétaro (Tula hemisphere) pyramid with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 700 CE
- Period
- Toltec-Epiclassic (700–1200 CE El Cerrito dominance)
- Culture
- Toltec-related Querétaro (Tula hemisphere)
- Purpose
- Toltec pyramid (120 m × 90 m × 12 m) with ballcourt and 10 altars — Querétaro's largest pyramid with 700 CE relief altar
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1932
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 700 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro
On the ground
Structures & features
20.5570° N · 100.4480° W · 1830 m · 3 mapped features
- El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro — Principal Pyramidpyramidpyramid at El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro — hydraulic feature20.5584° N · 100.4468° W
- El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro — Chamber Annex 2chamberchamber at El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro — primary structure20.5572° N · 100.4493° W
- El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro — Southern Causewaycausewaycauseway at El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro — primary structure20.5559° N · 100.4491° W
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