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This guide provides travelers with captivating photographs, vivid descriptions, and complete, up-to-date tourist information on 70 archaeological sites and 60 museums. Sites range from the most remote to the largest and most well known.
| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Alphabetical List of Sites and Museums | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction | |
| The Archaeology of Central and Southern Mexico | p. 3 |
| Chronological Chart | p. 4 |
| Geographic Divisions | p. 6 |
| General Advice and Miscellaneous Notes | p. 10 |
| The Rating System | p. 18 |
| List of Sites and Museums by Ratings | p. 18 |
| The Sites and Museums | |
| General Information for Mexico | p. 23 |
| Section 1, West-Central Mexico | p. 25 |
| General Information for Section 1 | p. 27 |
| San Luis Potosi Museum | p. 27 |
| La Quemada | p. 30 |
| Ixtlan del Rio | p. 35 |
| Guadalajara Museum | p. 37 |
| Museum of the West | p. 38 |
| Tingambato | p. 38 |
| Patzcuaro Museum | p. 43 |
| Ihuatzio | p. 44 |
| Tzintzuntzan | p. 45 |
| Tzintzuntzan Museum | p. 47 |
| Morelia Museum | p. 48 |
| State Museum of Michoacan | p. 49 |
| Section 2, Central Mexico--around Queretaro | p. 51 |
| General Information for Section 2 | p. 53 |
| San Miguel de Allende Museum | p. 55 |
| Canada de la Virgen | p. 57 |
| Queretaro Museum | p. 59 |
| El Cerrito | p. 60 |
| Ranas | p. 62 |
| Toluquilla | p. 65 |
| Section 3, Central Mexico--around Mexico City | p. 69 |
| General Information for Section 3 | p. 71 |
| Calixtlahuaca | p. 73 |
| Calixtlahuaca Museum | p. 77 |
| Toluca Museum | p. 78 |
| Teotenango | p. 80 |
| Teotenango Museum | p. 83 |
| Malinalco | p. 84 |
| Santa Cecilia | p. 88 |
| Santa Cecilia Museum | p. 91 |
| Tenayuca | p. 92 |
| Tenayuca Museum | p. 95 |
| Tlatilco Museum | p. 96 |
| Tlatelolco | p. 97 |
| Templo Mayor | p. 98 |
| Templo Mayor Museum | p. 102 |
| Ehecatl Temple | p. 102 |
| Mexico City Museum | p. 104 |
| San Pedro de los Pinos | p. 106 |
| Anahuacalli Museum | p. 108 |
| Cuicuilco | p. 109 |
| Cuicuilco Museum | p. 111 |
| Tula | p. 111 |
| Tula Museum | p. 118 |
| Huapacalco | p. 119 |
| Teotihuacan | p. 121 |
| Teotihuacan Museum | p. 132 |
| Tepepulco | p. 133 |
| Tecoaque | p. 135 |
| La Herradura | p. 136 |
| Los Melones | p. 138 |
| Huexotla | p. 140 |
| Tlapacoya | p. 142 |
| Acozac | p. 144 |
| Tizatlan | p. 146 |
| Tlaxcala Museum | p. 149 |
| Xochitecatl | p. 149 |
| Xochitecatl Museum | p. 153 |
| Cacaxtla | p. 153 |
| Cacaxtla Museum | p. 157 |
| Cholula | p. 159 |
| Cholula Museum | p. 163 |
| Puebla Museum | p. 164 |
| Amparo Museum | p. 165 |
| Totimehuacan | p. 167 |
| Tepozteco | p. 168 |
| Tepoztlan Museum | p. 172 |
| Teopanzolco | p. 173 |
| Cuernavaca Museum | p. 174 |
| Xochicalco | p. 176 |
| Coatetelco | p. 182 |
| Coatetelco Museum | p. 183 |
| Chalcatzingo | p. 185 |
| Section 4, Oaxaca | p. 191 |
| General Information for Section 4 | p. 193 |
| Cerro de las Minas | p. 195 |
| Huamelulpan | p. 197 |
| Huamelulpan Museum | p. 200 |
| Yucuita | p. 201 |
| Huitzo | p. 203 |
| Suchilquitongo Museum | p. 206 |
| San Jose Mogote | p. 206 |
| San Jose Mogote Museum | p. 208 |
| Monte Alban | p. 209 |
| Monte Alban Museum | p. 215 |
| Zaachila | p. 216 |
| Oaxaca Museum | p. 218 |
| Tamayo Museum | p. 219 |
| Dainzu | p. 221 |
| Lambityeco | p. 226 |
| Yagul | p. 228 |
| Mitla | p. 232 |
| Mitla Museum | p. 238 |
| Section 5, Central Gulf Coast | p. 239 |
| General Information for Section 5 | p. 241 |
| Ciudad Madero Museum | p. 244 |
| Tamuin | p. 245 |
| Castillo de Teayo | p. 247 |
| Castillo de Teayo Museum | p. 251 |
| El Tajin | p. 252 |
| El Tajin Museum | p. 260 |
| Cuyuxquihui | p. 261 |
| Yohualichan | p. 264 |
| Las Higueras | p. 267 |
| Las Higueras Museum | p. 269 |
| Quiahuiztlan | p. 270 |
| Zempoala | p. 273 |
| Jalapa Museum | p. 277 |
| Cantona | p. 279 |
| Veracruz Museum | p. 283 |
| Tuxteco Museum | p. 285 |
| Tres Zapotes Museum | p. 287 |
| Section 6, Southern Gulf Coast | p. 291 |
| General Information for Section 6 | p. 293 |
| Tenochtitlan Museum | p. 295 |
| Potrero Nuevo Museum | p. 295 |
| El Azuzul Museum | p. 295 |
| La Venta | p. 300 |
| La Venta Site Museum | p. 302 |
| Comalcalco | p. 303 |
| Comalcalco Museum | p. 308 |
| Villahermosa Museum | p. 309 |
| La Venta Park Museum | p. 311 |
| Jonuta | p. 313 |
| Jonuta Museum | p. 315 |
| Palenque | p. 316 |
| Palenque Museum | p. 328 |
| Emiliano Zapata Museum | p. 330 |
| Pomona | p. 331 |
| Pomona Museum | p. 333 |
| Balancan Museum | p. 334 |
| Section 7, Chiapas | p. 335 |
| General Information for Section 7, Chiapas | p. 337 |
| Yaxchilan | p. 339 |
| Bonampak | p. 349 |
| Tonina | p. 355 |
| Na Bolom Museum | p. 360 |
| Chiapa de Corzo | p. 361 |
| Tuxtla Gutierrez Museum | p. 363 |
| Chinkultic | p. 365 |
| Izapa | p. 367 |
| Tonala Plaza, Park, and Museum | p. 372 |
| Glossary | p. 373 |
| Selected Readings | p. 377 |
| Index | p. 381 |
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ISBN: 9780806133492
ISBN-10: 080613349X
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 432
Published: 15th December 2001
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Dimensions (cm): 23.0 x 15.5
x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.703
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