Cantona was the first to name this pre-Hispanic city, perhaps used this name for indicate a region, canton or a Great House.
One of the characteristics of Cantona, are walled streets, in itself, the whole city was fortified, and built on an area of \u200b\u200b"badlands" (volcanic lava), no mortar or cement used for construction, so makes it a unique site. Has a complex communication system (streets) and residential units. Has 27 pre-Hispanic ball games and countless places ceradas with at least one pyramid.
Cantona's occupation is the beginning of our era (50 AD) but its peak was between 550 and 950 occupy an area of \u200b\u200b14oo hectares.
open area the public, comprising 19 units to date architectural, 3 roads, 6 residential units, 1 fort access to the Acropolis, 4 sets of ball game, a basketball court again, two enclosed spaces with pyramid and palace.
Cantona does not compare to other pre-Columbian city in the area known as Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan may be the only comparable because of its urban and architectural complexity of the city, but overall it is a unique site in Mesoamerican now known.
Between 1993 and 1994, a study site arduous and started the restoration, opened to the public in October 1994.
The Cantona restoration project, run by the archaeologist Angel Garcia Cook, doing fieldwork seasons 3 to 6 months.
Personally, I found a really awesome site, currently only a small portion that is open to the public without ambargo, walking through this open area is 2 to 3 hours, imagine when fully restored ...
I recommend this site as place to walk, living with family or friends, also a site invites us to reflection and architecture beautifully contrasts with the arid zone in the region, I recommend you take a whole day to go and return to this site, it is easy to reach from Puebla, Tlaxcala and Mexico City.
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