Mexico City - Copilco Excavation Site

Taking Avenida Copilco, which leads east off Insurgentes Sur, and turning left into Calle Victoria, the visitor will see the offices of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (No. 110), which administers the excavation site. Here, under a 3 m (10 ft) thick layer of lava, were found a number of graves containing skeletons, stone implements, pottery and figurines, some of them dating from the Archaic period (before 1500 bc).