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Cuyuxquihui is an archaeological site located in the Tecolutla valley, in the region of the Totonac culture, about 14 miles (22 kilometers) southeast of El Tajín, two kilometers from the “Paso de Correo” town, in the Veracruz State, Mexico. The name of Cuyuxquihui is a composed word from the totonaca language; ''cuyu'', armadillo and ''quihui'', wood and it points to the similarity of the local fauna to the shell of that animal. “Totonaca” also is an Administrative Region in the Veracruz State, includes the Tecolutla valley and it is rich in prehispanic archeological sites, presumably constructed by the Totonacs, which lived next to the sea. The Tajín is one of those settlements.〔 This site it is about southwest from Las Higueras (archaeological site), another Totonac site in the region. ==The Totonacs== The Totonac Culture, whose name is possibly translated as "three hearts", likely referring to three centers of this culture: *El Tajín (300-1200), maximum exponent of the totonacs culture splendor *Papantla (900-1519). *Zempoala (900-1519). This culture had a large ceramic variety and stone sculpture, monumental architecture and cities with an advanced urban concept. The Totonac Languages are a family of closely related languages spoken by approximately 200,000 Totonac and Tepehua people in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo in Mexico. The Totonacan languages are not demonstrably related to any other languages, although they share numerous areal features with other languages of the Mesoamerican Sprachbund, such as the Mayan languages and Nahuatl. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cuyuxquihui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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