Mexico City, 22 June 2011
The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered a Toltec staircase during an archeological dig. The Toltec people were a Mesoamerican civilization which developed in Mexico from 900 to 1200 CE.
Archeologist Lucia Sanchez has confirmed that the Toltec civilization occupied the site several hundred years ago. According to the official chronicles of Fray Diego de Duran and Padre Acosta, the temple was built in 1337.
The INAH discovered that the staircase had been added to the initial building. Shards of pottery, animal bones and pieces of obsidian were also found in the temple.
Architects will now study focus on studying the interior of the temple. Salvador Guilliem Arroyo directs the project in collaboration with the researchers Patricia Ledesma, Alejandro Rivera, Claudia Nicolas, Maria de Jesus Alvizar and Lucia Sanchez de Bustamante.