Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8
Period Classical·Regional culture Americas-Mound·🇲🇽 Mexico Region 8, Mexico
About
About Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8
Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 in Mexico Region 8, Mexico is a Neolithic earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Americas-Mound earthwork with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Astronomical alignment
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. 800 CE
- Period
- Period Classical
- Culture
- Regional culture Americas-Mound
- Purpose
- earthwork ritual/settlement purpose for Americas-Mound
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1940
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8
On the ground
Structures & features
34.5386° N · 28.3115° E · 20 m · 3 mapped features
Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 — Principal Rampart
rampartrampart at Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 — outlier feature
34.5400° N · 28.3117° ETemple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 — Northern Ditch
ditchditch at Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 — subsidiary complex
34.5395° N · 28.3133° ETemple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 — Southern Entrance
entranceentrance at Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 — subsidiary complex
34.5375° N · 28.3124° E