Introduction to the Study of North America Archaeology
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Interesting antiquities, some of them rivaling those at Quemada, have been discovered in Michoacan, Colima and elsewhere in central Mexico ; cave-dwell ings, pyramids of stone laid in clay mortar, temples and idols are reported ; but the accounts are either insufficient to convey an intelligent idea of the ruins or unreliable. Approaching the valley of Anahuac from the north, at the distance of some fifty or sixty miles from the City of Mexico, we come upon the small and unim portant town of Tu...la. Tula, Tulla, Tulan, Tolan or Tollan, as it is variously written, is, however, a name that is often repeated in the traditions and history of Mexico and Central America. It was here, according to the long-current opinion, that the Toltecs, coming from the north, fixed their capital, in the sixth cen tury, A. D. The ancient city appears to have extended over a plain intersected by a muddy river which winds 256 Study of North American Archaeology. around the base of Mount Coatepetl, but a small por tion of which is occupied by the modern town.
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