Tula, Hidalgo, was one of several sites that rose to prominence during the Epiclassic period
(Figure 26.1) after the demise of Teotihuacan, and during the Early Postclassic period was
probably the largest and most influential center in central Mexico. For over a century various
scholars have argued that Tula was the legendary Tollan (“place of reeds”), which,
according to Aztec and other indigenous sources, was the capital of the Toltec civilization
that dominated central Mexico prior to the arrival of the Aztecs (Jimenez Moreno 1941). For�…

The site of Tula has been the center of controversy since scholars first proposed that it
comprised the ruins of Tollan, the legendary capital of the Toltec empire that dominated
Central Mexico and other parts of Mesoamerica from circa AD 900 to 1200. This long-
awaited volume from the University of Missouri Tula Archaeological Project presents data on
the site's chronology, excavations, and settlement patterns that entitle Tula to take its place
alongside such principal pre-Columbian cities as Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan. The data�…