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    Cacaxtla (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kaˈkaʃtɬaːn]) is an archaeological site located near the southern border of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It contains...
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    long history with major attractions being archeological sites such as Cacaxtla and colonial constructions in and around Tlaxcala City. The name Tlaxcala...
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    Dos Pilas, Cancuen, Aguateca, Yaxchilan; Central Mexico: Xochicalco, Cacaxtla; Gulf Coast: El Tajín and Classic Veracruz culture; Western Mexico: Teuchitlan...
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    the Maya mural paintings of Bonampak, or those of Teotihuacán, those of Cacaxtla and those of Monte Albán.[citation needed] Mural painting with Christian...
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  • Meseta de Cacaxtla Flora and Fauna Protection Area is a protected area in the state of Sinaloa in western Mexico. It covers an area of 508.62 km2. It is...
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    (Spring–Autumn 2009). Francesco Pellizzi (ed.). Style and substance, or why the Cacaxtla paintings were buried. Vol. 55/56 Absconding. Cambridge, Massachusetts:...
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    west of, and within sight of, the contemporary Classic Period site of Cacaxtla, distinguished by its famous painted murals in Maya style. Xochitecatl...
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    including the Olmec-Xicalanca, who came from the Yucatán Peninsula and founded Cacaxtla and Xochicalco. In the Maya region, Tikal, an ally of Teotihuacan, experienced...
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    feathered serpent in Teotihuacan Disk of Mictlāntēcutli Olmeca-Xicalanca - Cacaxtla bird man mural Mural and model of Tenochtitlan, looking east Ocelotl-Cuauhxicalli...
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    areas, one of which is the Protection of Flora and Fauna Area (APFF). CACAXTLA Plateau is located between the towns of Mazatlán and San Ignacio in the...
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    Dzibilchaltun Mexiquito Tancah Teotihuacan Chinkultic Teotenango Tlatelolco Edzna Cacaxtla Tula Tenochititlan Tepeapulco Xochicalco Chichen Itza Solano El Ixtepete...
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    Dynasty founded 697 Carthage destroyed 650 Settlement of Xochitecatl and Cacaxtla 700 Teotihuacan destroyed 618 Tang Dynasty established 632 Rise of Islam...
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    local prominence, other nearby centers, such as Cholula, Xochicalco, and Cacaxtla, competed to fill the power void. They may have even aligned themselves...
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    of Copán, Tomb of Pacal the Great, Late Classic AD 600–900 Xochicalco, Cacaxtla, Cancuen, Quiriguá, Uxmal, Toniná, Classic Veracruz Culture, Puuc style...
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    religious and political centers in central Mexico, centers such as Xochicalco, Cacaxtla and Cholula. Feathered-serpent iconography is prominent at all of these...
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  • or Calakmul. Outside the Maya area, in a ward of East-Central Mexican Cacaxtla, murals painted in a predominantly Classic Maya style, with often stark...
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    metropolis in central Mexico were multi-ethnic in nature: Xochicalco, Cantona, Cacaxtla and other cities in the Altiplano show signs of the presence of Mayanized...
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    compound in Teotihuacan. Portic A from Cacaxtla, represent the Man-jaguar Detail from the Red Temple, c.600–700, Cacaxtla, Mexico Reconstruction of the Tomb...
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    "Descubre investigadora de la UNAM que la talavera se creó en la zona de Cacaxtla". La Jornada de Oriente. Retrieved 22 July 2017. Martínez Álvarez, Luis...
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  • – Classic period Maya paintings, found in the archaeological sites of Cacaxtla and Bonampak, are some of the most refined paintings ever to come out of...
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  • Balamku Balankanche Balcón de Montezuma Becan Bellote Bolonchén Bonampak Cacaxtla Calakmul Calixtlahuaca Calotmul La Campana (archaeological site) Candelaria...
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  • – Classic period Maya paintings, found in the archaeological sites of Cacaxtla and Bonampak, are some of the most refined paintings ever to come out of...
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    Pusilhá, Xultún, Dos Pilas, Cancuen, Aguateca; Central Mexico: Xochicalco, Cacaxtla, Cholula; Gulf Coast: El Tajín and Classic Veracruz culture 600–900 CE...
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    mouth. Some of these have a stylistic affinity with the painted murals at Cacaxtla, a non-Maya site in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala. This hybrid...
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  • Nichupté Uaymil Yum Balam Sierra La Mojonera Sierra de Álvarez Meseta de Cacaxtla Sierra de Álamos-Río Cuchujaqui Bavispe Cañón del Usumacinta Laguna Madre...
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    mural in Tepantitla, Teotihuacán, 100 BCE to 700 AD Mural in Portic A of Cacaxtla. Sculpture of Chaac, part of the facade of a building in Labna, 600 to...
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    Just to the north of Cholula are the well-preserved ruins of the city of Cacaxtla. Last but not least is the Toltec capital of Tula, to the north of Mexico...
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    last published essay was in 2013: The Olmeca-Xicallanca of Teotihuacan, Cacaxtla, and Cholula; An archaeological, ethnohistorical, and linguistic synthesis...
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    Sharisse D.; McCafferty, Geoffrey G. (Fall 1994). "The Conquered Women of Cacaxtla: Gender identity or gender ideology?". Ancient Mesoamerica. 5 (2): 159–172...
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    several important Classic civilizations, including Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, Cacaxtla, and El Tajín. During this time it is well established that Mixtec languages...
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