page_title: El Teúl
section_title: The Site
hierarchical_section_title: El Teúl / The Site
caption_attribution_description: Español: Restos de el centro arqueologico de El Teul en Zacatecas
context_page_description: El Teúl is an important archaeological mesoamerican site located on a hill with the same name in the Teúl Municipality in the south of the Zacatecas State, Mexico, near the Jalisco State.
  This site had one of the first industrial zones of the continent; they manufactured copper and ceramics items, also found many archaeological materials of various kinds, such as: shell beads from shaft tombs, also earflaps with Teotihuacan motifs and polychrome ceramic Codex style. The objects found, were as a result of continuous occupation this site had, for at least one 1, 800 years, in contrast with other large cities like Teotihuacan and Monte Alban.
context_section_description: The site has a total area of 150 hectares; there is only exploration in an area of five to six hectares. The site is not yet open to the public.
  Two pyramids and a portion of a ball game court have only been uncovered, several human burials were found, that reveal changes in funerary patterns of their former inhabitants.
  Objects found reflect the life of the ancient inhabitants of the site, such as a fetus representation found in the pyramid at the altar.
  Also found shell beads and green stone were found from shaft tombs, in addition to earflaps with Teotihuacan’s motifs and polychrome ceramic style Codex, among others.
caption: Archeological remains at the site
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