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Toltec Heritage Center

Type Object Region Mesoamerica Time c. 850–1521

Tula (Tollan), core site of the Toltec civilization, became a shared 'Toltec heritage center' for later Mesoamerican cultures after the state's fall …

Timeline

  1. c. 850–1150Tula de Allende · HidalgoThe Toltecs built Pyramid B and the Atlantean columns here, establishing the Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl) cult and a combined military-priestly center of power that radiated across central Mexico.
  2. c. 1150–1300Tula site area · HidalgoAfter the Toltec political entity collapsed, Tula shifted from an active capital to a regional ceremonial and memory site, and neighboring Chichimeca groups began linking it to narratives of 'Toltec' legitimacy.
  3. 1311–1320Tula de Allende · HidalgoIn the early 14th century CE, though no longer an active political capital, Tula remained a shared symbol of Toltec legitimacy for the Valley of Mexico and the northern Chichimeca world; later Aztec rulers would claim descent from the 'Toltecs,' further amplifying the political-religious significance of this heritage center.

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