Coatetelco
Coatetelco or Cuatetelco is a pre-Hispanic archaeological site located next to the Coatetelco Lagoon, two kilometers from Alpuyeca, in the Miacatlán municipality, Morelos, Mexico, near Xochicalco. It had its greatest development between 500 and 150 BCE.
Coatetelco means "place of snakes' mounds" or "place where there are erected mounds in honor of snakes". However, there are alternate spellings of the name that would carry a different meaning:
* Cuatetelco - Náhuatl language: cuahuitl = tree, branch, wood; tetelli = mound, bunch; cotl, co = place of. The whole means "mound place between trees" or "tree place on a mound".
* Cuahtetelco - coatl = snake; tetl = stone; co, cotl = place of. The whole means "place of the stone snake".
* Quahtetelco, the Tlahuica glyph, has a tree (Nahuatl: quahuitl) over a pyramid (Nahuatl: tetelli). As above, the word "co" is "place of ...". (Cuahtetelco Museum, Official Guide, Sep. 13, 1978. Pág. 5 p. 1-2).
* Cuauhtetelco.
Coatetelco means "place of snakes' mounds" or "place where there are erected mounds in honor of snakes". However, there are alternate spellings of the name that would carry a different meaning:
* Cuatetelco - Náhuatl language: cuahuitl = tree, branch, wood; tetelli = mound, bunch; cotl, co = place of. The whole means "mound place between trees" or "tree place on a mound".
* Cuahtetelco - coatl = snake; tetl = stone; co, cotl = place of. The whole means "place of the stone snake".
* Quahtetelco, the Tlahuica glyph, has a tree (Nahuatl: quahuitl) over a pyramid (Nahuatl: tetelli). As above, the word "co" is "place of ...". (Cuahtetelco Museum, Official Guide, Sep. 13, 1978. Pág. 5 p. 1-2).
* Cuauhtetelco.
Map - Coatetelco
Map
Country - Mexico
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| MXV | Mexican Unidad de Inversion | 2 | |
| MXN | Mexican peso | $ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
|---|---|
| ES | Spanish language |