Tepexpan
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Tepexpan is a town in the State of Mexico in the municipal entity of Acolman. The population was 48,103 as of the 2005 Mexican census. One of the most interesting aspects of this town is the discovery of an early Mesoamerican skeleton commonly referred to as "Tepexpan man". Recent research shows that the skeleton was not that of a man but that of a woman. The woman was apparently trampled by raging mastodon around 11,000 B.C.E. The proposition that Tepexpan Man was a woman has been advanced by one Mexican archaeologist based on DNA analysis. His peers at INAH have not accepted his conclusions and he has not submitted his analysis in a paper for peer review. Thus, until peer review confirms his work one must leave the matter as conjecture. (submitted by Niels de Terra, son of Helmut de Terra.)
Tepexpan can be considered one of the most important towns in the municipal region of Acolman. It has many resources, among these: obsidian and pewter.
Tepexpan has a church named Santa Maria Magdalena, located near the central plaza. It is one oldest of the region and it was built near the first years of the Spanish conquest.
It has five districts:
Anahuac 1 Sección ( Tepexpan )
Anahuac II Sección ( Tepexpan )
Chimalpa ( Tepexpan )
Los Reyes ( Tepexpan )
Paraje El Faro
[edit] References
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
[edit] See Also
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- List of hominina (hominid) fossils (with images)
[edit] External links
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