Chalchihuites, Tropic OF Cancer Ruin Site, Zacatecas State, Mexico
Chalchihuites or Alta Vista ruin site
is situated on the Tropic of Cancer in
Zapatecas State, Mexico.
Archaeologists believe that the
Teotihuacan culture built the site and
used it to follow the movement of the
sun and stars.
Chalchihuites or Alta Vista as the
ruin is called 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 led to the conclusions
that Alta Vista was a Teotihuacan
ceremonial outpost at the northern
limit of Mesoamerica.
Chalchihuites or Alta Vista ruin site is situated on the Tropic of cancer. A Teotihuacan outpost of ritual
significance and a solar observatory some archaeologist believe.
Chalchihuites is the name of the ruin called officially in modern times Alta Vista.  Archaeologists believe
that the ruin has solar significance and have identified several sight lines of solar events over distant
mountain peaks.  The ruin is situated on the Tropic of Cancer.
Archaeologists see a link to the Teotihuacan culture and believe that the site was once a ceremonial
center for the city of Teotihuacan, 370 miles to the southeast..
Chalchihuites, the Tropic OF Cancer Ruin Site in Zacatecas State,
Mexico is also called Alta Vista.
The ruin site was situated on the Tropic of Cancer by the
Teotihuacan culture archaeologists believe.
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