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151: 236: 199: 24: 218:. The construction method was probably the characteristic one of successive structures, one on top of the other, and at least four successive time periods have been detected. Today, the inside of the pyramid is one of the best preserved interior structures. The exterior structures were removed and many of their stones were used to build the adjacent church, which dates back to the late 16th century. In 1962, the architect and archaeologist 254:
which was once adjacent to the site and which now houses the museum. Dávalos dedicated part of his life to collecting the artifacts now on display. His collection includes ceramic and stone materials from this and other sites in the Mexica zone of influence. The museum also exhibits a kitchen and
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reconstructed and reinforced the pyramid's basement and rebuilt the temple that crowns it. Although such a reconstruction certainly does not comply with current canons of archaeology, the product is a beautifully delineated
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operates an on site museum called the Eusebio Davalos Hurtado Museum of Mexica Sculpture. Eusebio Dávalos an archaeologist and the owner of the
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structures, was dismantled, its stone forming the basis of the new city's churches, houses, and monuments.
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Parish of Santa Cecelia Acatitlan built partially with materials from the destroyed pyramid.
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Only one quadrangular basement currently survives, which might have been one of the
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Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. 145 pp.
259:. The museum is located on Calle Circuito Pirámide in Tlalnepantla. 251: 159: 111: 248: 215: 163: 119: 115: 284:. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia , Mexico 1977. 186:, Acatitlan began to decline, and the city, like many other 244: 167: 138:
times, it was located on the northwest shore of the great
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La escultura Mexica del Museo de Santa Cecilia Acatitlán
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Tlalnepantla de Baz
19°33′09.30″N 99°10′24″W / 19.5525833°N 99.17333°W / 19.5525833; -99.17333
Late Postclassic
Chichimeca
Nahuatl
Aztec
Toltec
Tlalnepantla de Baz
State of Mexico
Mexico City
pre-Columbian
Lake Texcoco

Tenayuca
Mexica
lacustrine
Valley of Mexico
Tenochtitlan
conquistadors
conquest of Mexico
Mesoamerican

site
Huitzilopochtli
Tlaloc
Eduardo Pareyon Moreno
Mexica pyramid

INAH

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