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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: March 3, 2019
Caption:
An additional nearby El Cerrito Marker | Additional Description: This additional marker and map is near the beginning of the path up to the site's pyramid. It reads:
El Cerrito El centro ceremonial que estas a punto de visitar es el principal asentamiento religioso de la población prehispánica que ocupo el valle de Querétaro. A este patrón de ocupación del territorio se le ha llamado semi disperso, dado que la unidades habitacionales se encuentran a una distancia moderada del centro religioso. Para su construcción se eligió un afloramiento de roca, cuya elevación sobre el terreno permite tener un control visual del valle. A lo largo de este terreno en pendiente se construyeron grandes plazas, delimitadas por plataformas y salas con columnas en sus extremos. Abundan los altares de diversos tamaños. Destacando sobre toda la edificación el Basamento Piramidal, estructura que da nombre al sitio.
Además de disfrutar los vestigios arqueológicos, podrás encontrar señalada, una muestra de las principales especies vegetales del valle de Querétaro. Esta flora nativa es resultado del tipo de suelo, temperatura y humedad propios de la región. Tal medio ambiente debió ser muy semejante al existente en época prehispánica.
English translation:
El Cerrito The ceremonial center you are about to visit is the main religious settlement of the pre-Hispanic population that occupied the Querétaro Valley. This pattern of occupation of the territory has been called semi-dispersed, given that the housing units are at a moderate distance from the religious center. For its construction an outcrop of rock was chosen, whose elevation above the ground allowed the inhabitants to control the valley. Large squares were built along this sloping terrain, delimited by platforms and rooms with columns at their ends. Altars of different sizes abound. The main Pyramid is outstanding and gives the site its name.
Besides enjoying the archaeological remains, you can find a sample of the main plant species of the Queretaro Valley here. This native flora is the result of the type of soil, temperature and humidity typical of the region. Such an environment must have been very similar to that existing in pre-Hispanic times.
Submitted: May 14, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p474691
File Size: 5.429 Megabytes
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