Oven Cluster West — Basin of Mexico (Mexico City)
Oven Cluster West Site
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE)·Medieval·🇲🇽 Basin of Mexico, Mexico
About
About Oven Cluster West — Basin of Mexico (Mexico City)
Oven Cluster West in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Medieval site illustrating Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient-village traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Oven Cluster West
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Medieval
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
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. 500 CE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE)
- Culture
- Medieval
- Purpose
- Funerary and ritual complex
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 500 CE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
18.6690° N · 98.2854° W · 382 m · 3 mapped features
- Oven Cluster West — Principal FeaturestructurePrimary ancient-village feature at Oven Cluster West18.6698° N · 98.2846° W
- Oven Cluster West — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary complex at Oven Cluster West18.6683° N · 98.2861° W
- Oven Cluster West — Outlierrock artOutlier at Oven Cluster West18.6701° N · 98.2865° W