Settlement Pattern of the Groups that Inhabites Valley Puebla-Tlaxcala, México during the Period Epiclasic (650-950 AD). Surface Exploration Phase.

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze and understand the settlement pattern of archaeological sites Epiclásico period (650-950 A.D.), located in the valley of Puebla-Tlaxcala (México). It is intended to assess first, the storage conditions in which they are and second, to determine which of them, according to the architectural characteristics presented and the natural area in which they are located, were dependent of the rector site Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla. Therefore, we used various sources of information: an initial, based on previous work surface and travels excavations at several archaeological sites and a second, on the basis of new data collected with the current study surface survey: To achieve this various information sources were used. The study succeeded in establishing a vast area of cultural similarity between Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla and at least twenty sites to the south-central valley region whose boundary is the area of the main nuclear site of Cholula south of Puebla-Tlaxcala valley itself.