Cuicuilco - Other Photos

Other Photos

  • Path and stairs leading up the main pyramid of Cuicuilco

  • This "kiva" was discovered and named by archeologist Byron Cummings, who likened it to semi-buried round chambers found in the SW U.S. Its ritual purpose is unknown.

  • Looking southeast from the top of the main pyramid of Cuicuilco toward the boroughs of Tlalpan and Xochimilco

  • Looking southwest from the top of the pyramid with the Villa Olimpica (now housing) built for the 1968 Summer Olympics

  • Cuicuilco Museum showcase with clay figurines and pots.

  • A stone sculpture found at the base of the great pyramid. It is the only one ever found dating to the High Classic Period of Mesoamerica (800 BC – 200 AD)

  • Showcase at the Cuicuilco Museum displaying tools such as mortars, blades and pots

  • Showcase with jewelry, among other items

  • Showcase with bowls

  • Showcase with a type of "molcajete" used to grind corn. The drawing above illustrates how this tool was used.

  • Clay figurines adorned with jewelry like that on display

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