Xochicalco

Xochicalco is a locality in the Mexican state of Morelos, part of the municipality of Miacatlán. The catalogue lists it under the alternative name Cirenio Longares and classes it as an other or unclassified monument, with a stylistic dating from 200 BCE to 900 CE.

The name Xochicalco comes from the Nahuatl terms xochitl, flower; calli, house; and co, a locative ending. Its meaning is In the house of flowers.

Beyond this, little is stated here about the locality itself. The monuments are covered under a separate entry for the Xochicalco archaeological zone, and nothing about the structures, their builders, their excavation or any legends is given in the material for this entry, so none is claimed.

Mesoamerica's civilisations raised carved stone monuments, and this gives context for what a visitor might expect in the region. Maya stelae are tall sculpted stone shafts, often paired with low circular stones called altars, though their actual function is uncertain. Many are carved in low relief, though plain ones are found throughout the Maya region. The sculpting of these monuments spread across the Maya area in the Classic Period (about 250 to 900 CE). The Olmec colossal heads, much older, are stone representations of heads carved from large basalt boulders, from 1.17 to 3.4 metres high, and date from at least 900 BCE.

Xochicalco is a other / unclassified in Miacatlán Municipality, Mexico. Wikidata describes it as: town in Miacatlán Municipality, State of Morelos, Mexico. Dating: 200 BCE to 900 CE. Elevation: 1183 m. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Spanish article "Xochicalco (Morelos)", shown in the original language.