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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA OF CHOLULA PUEBLA

May 13, 2014
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA OF CHOLULA PUEBLA
Origins of the name   One interpretation considers Cholula means "place of those who fled " possibly referring to the Tolteca -Chichimeca migration up Cholula circa 1000 AD. Another name as known to the site in Nahuatl is " Tlachihualtepetl " which means "Hill handmade" , given its size and construction system from large centers of adobe, and surely the