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Xaltocan (also known as Jaltocan or Jaltocán)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Xaltocan, Mexico Page )〕 is in Xaltocan Municipality in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The name can mean either of two things in the Nahuatl language: either 'sandy ground of spiders' or 'where sand sowing'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archive copy of Tlaxcala - Xaltocan )〕 Xaltocan is also the name of the municipal seat. ==History== Xaltocan was inhabited in Pre-Columbian times and is still populated today.〔 In ancient times, its people who were comparable to the Aztecs of Mesoamerica, were rigorously religious, having temples and sacred sites in which they would worship their native gods, as well as performing occasional rituals that involved an offering of human sacrifice, among other similar ceremonies.〔 These human sacrifices often included women from surrounding regions, but men were not excluded from sacrfice to the gods.〔 The human sacrifices were mostly performed in front of a Cuauhxicalli, which was a sacred statue in the shape of a soldier or warrior.〔 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「Xaltocan, Tlaxcala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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