Alta Vista Ruin Site, Zacatecas State, Mexico
Alta Vista Ruin Site
Chalchihuites is another name for this ruin
site. The ruin has been examined by
Archeoastronomer Anthony F. Aveni and
found to contain solar significance and a
deliberate placement on the Tropic of Cancer
by builders of the Teotihuacan culture.
A solar equinox alignment and a summer
solstice alignment of the sun over a distant
mountain at dawn and two Teotihuacan style
petroglyphs are features that link Alta Vista
with Teotihuacan as a ceremonial outpost at
the northern limit of Mesoamerica.
Charles Kelley was the principle investigator
at Alta Vista
Chalchihuites is another name for this ruin
site. The ruin has been examined by
Archeoastronomer Anthony F. Aveni and
found to contain solar significance and a
deliberate placement on the Tropic of Cancer
by builders of the Teotihuacan culture.
A solar equinox alignment and a summer
solstice alignment of the sun over a distant
mountain at dawn and two Teotihuacan style
petroglyphs are features that link Alta Vista
with Teotihuacan as a ceremonial outpost at
the northern limit of Mesoamerica.
Charles Kelley was the principle investigator
at Alta Vista
Chalchihuites or Alta
Vista as the ruin is
called has yielded
evidence of sun
worship and the
tracking of the solar
cycles.
The placement of
the ruin at the
northern most limit
of the suns apparent
movement and the
accompanying
seasonal changes
mark the site as a
ritual center
attributed to builders
of the Teotihuacan
culture as a
ceremonial outpost
at the northern limit
of Mesoamerica.
Vista as the ruin is
called has yielded
evidence of sun
worship and the
tracking of the solar
cycles.
The placement of
the ruin at the
northern most limit
of the suns apparent
movement and the
accompanying
seasonal changes
mark the site as a
ritual center
attributed to builders
of the Teotihuacan
culture as a
ceremonial outpost
at the northern limit
of Mesoamerica.
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Alta Vista Ruin Site, Zacatecas State, Mexico, also
called Chalchihuites, has been found to contain
solar significance and a deliberate placement on the
Tropic of Cancer by builders of the Teotihuacan
Culture.
called Chalchihuites, has been found to contain
solar significance and a deliberate placement on the
Tropic of Cancer by builders of the Teotihuacan
Culture.
Alta Vista Ruin Site is called Chalchihuites
after the nearby town of the same name.
Chalchihuites ruin site or Alta Vista has
solar significance and a deliberate
placement on the Tropic of Cancer by
builders of the Teotihuacan Culture
archaeologists believe.
after the nearby town of the same name.
Chalchihuites ruin site or Alta Vista has
solar significance and a deliberate
placement on the Tropic of Cancer by
builders of the Teotihuacan Culture
archaeologists believe.
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Alta Vista Ruin Site, near Sombrerete,
Zacatecas State, Mexico
Zacatecas State, Mexico