Chalcatzingo - Travel & Tourism Guide Chalcatzingo - Mexique

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In the east of the state of Morelos, occupied from 1650 BC (Middle Preclassic), this is a major centre of Olmec culture. (It is a major centre of Olmec culture. The site is located on fertile land at the foot of two steep, rocky mountains, and dominates the valley. It was an important crossroads between the Gulf Coast, the Valley of Mexico and the State of Guerrero. The inscriptions engraved in the rocks of the rocky peaks are in a style related to the Olmec culture, while the constructions still visible today are the work of cultural groups that occupied the site from the second half of the first millennium until the arrival of the Spanish.