page_title: San Miguel Ixtapan (archaeological site)
section_title: Basement 3
hierarchical_section_title: San Miguel Ixtapan (archaeological site) / Structures / Basement 3
caption_attribution_description: English: San Miguel Ixtapan, basement 3 top structure
context_page_description: San Miguel Ixtapan is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Tejupilco, in the State of Mexico.
  Tejupilco is about 100 kilometers west from the city of Toluca, Mexico State, on federal highway 134. The site is some 15 kilometers south of the municipal head, on state highway 8 that leads to Amatepec.
  This site is one of the few explored in the southwest region of the State of Mexico, that has provided some archaeological information on an area that virtually was not explored.
  Its apogee was in the aftermath of the Teotihuacan decline. Located in an area which probably served as a liaison between the Central Highlands and regions of Michoacán and Guerrero, San Miguel Ixtapan had its greatest growth between 750 and 900 CE. Then the site reaches a substantial expansion and built most of the structures of the ceremonial area now visible, they represent only a portion of what was the site in its splendor. San Miguel Ixtapan was located in a privileged place with deposits of basalt prisms used for construction, fertile land and one of the larger flow springs in the State.
context_section_description: It is the most important structure on the site.
  The structure is composed of three superimposed bodies, with a series of rooms in its superior part, which was accessed by a stairway with intermediate inclined walls (alfardas). The second level of this monument, a complex of overlaid residential-ceremonial enclosures is located distributed on different levels, certainly as a consequence of the need to make modifications to spaces and accesses.
  Above the structure is a room, with stucco remains in floor and walls, which probably served for the king to rest.
  On the north-west corner is a small niche holding a Tlaloc sculpture, God of water, very important in this area for corn planting, other products and salt collection were the main income sources of the area.
caption: San Miguel Ixtapan, Basement 3 structure on top
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