La Quemada

La Quemada is an archeological site, likewise known as per various forms as Chicomoztoc. It is situated in the Villanueva Municipality, in the province of Zacatecas, around 56 km south of the city of Zacatecas on Fed 54 Zacatecas–Guadalajara, in Mexico. Given the separation between La Quemada and the focal point of Mesoamerica, this archeological zone has been subject of various understandings with respect to history specialists and archeologists, who have endeavored to connect it with various societies.

It is assumed that this spot could be the incredible Chicomostoc, a Caxcan site, a Teotihuacan fortification, a Purepecha focus, a fortress against Chichimeca interlopers, a Toltec exchanging post, or basically result of free improvement and a city of all the local gatherings set up north of the Rio Grande de Santiago. In 1615, Fray Juan de Torquemada recognized La Quemada as one of the spots visited by the Aztecs amid their movement from the north to the Mexico focal level, and where more seasoned individuals and kids were abandoned.