Inhabitants
It is believed that initial settlers of this region were nomad natives that used to visit seasonally, subsequently, the Matlatzinca arrived and founded a small settlement, later to receive cultural Toltec influence and eventually dominated by the Aztecs at about 1476 AD. The town of Tecaxic was conquered by the mexicas during the reign of Tlatoani Axayacatl. As the city was destroyed, the Aztecs built a new city that was then called Calixtlahuaca.
Lázaro Manuel Muñoz (over 200 years ago), stated that Matlatzincas or their nomad ancestors, visited this site at least 640 BCE (theory apparently consistent with Lorenzo Boturini) and that Otomi gatherer-hunter groups were here 3000 years ago, at the a large lake existed (now disappeared), and melting water was fed from the Nevado de Toluca.
It is also believed that the Matlatzinca ethnic group belonged to the Nahua family that had previously invaded the territory. Among the municipalities formed were Tollocan, Tenancingo, Ocuilan, Calimaya and Tepemaxalco, the latter being the most important.
In 1510 the Matlatzinca tried to end the Aztec tutelage and Moctezuma II immediately ordered the city destroyed, the people fled west towards Michoacán.
Later, the city was repopulated by disperse groups and then concentrated in agriculture and farming well as rearing of several animals.
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