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Cempoala (deserted settlement) |
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| Lat: 19 26 50 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 19.4472 decimal degrees |
| Long: 096 24 30 W degrees minutes |
Long: -96.4083 decimal degrees |
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Note: Structures at the Zempoala site date from the Late Postclassic period (ca. 1200-1521 CE), but ceramics excavated from the site show the site had been inhabited since the Late Preclassic period (ca. 300-250 CE). Was the largest city on the Gulf of Mexico, with population of around 30,000. It was the capital of the kingdom of Totonacapan occupied by the Totonac people. When Spanish arrived, the city was under Aztec domination. Village with the same name is nearby. Was an Aztec town. |
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Cempoala (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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| town (H) |
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| historic site (C) |
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occupied from 1325 to 1521 |
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Zempoala .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Mexico, Veracruz) [1018681] |
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(World, North and Central America, Mexico, Veracruz) [1018681] |
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