‘‘History of the Tehuacán’’

Tehuacán was part of the Royal Road that linked the port of Veracruz with the great Tenochtitlan, which influences so that construction of the Carmelite Temple it is intended in the current location.

Archaeological findings show that it was inhabited by village communities 8500 years before Christ. He had a major role in the process of domestication and cultivation of plants. Tehuacán found the oldest fossil of corn in the world.

In 1454 Moctezuma invaded and conquered the place for being a strategic point for subsequent conquests. The population took refuge in the colorado Hill where they were finally defeated, and after the defeat of the Aztecs on August 13, 1521 was subjected to the Spaniards.

On 16 March 1660 the Indians of the region acquire the title of "Town of Indians", gaining him with their offer to the Spaniards at that time.

During the war of independence, the city was used as a barracks military by the illustrious warlord Valerio Trujano.

In March 1862, the army French who invaded Mexican territory, is hosted in Tehuacán. The State of Puebla was under the Dominion of the imperialists of Maximiliano de Habsburgo until the year of 1867.

The economic life of Tehuacán has been active for many years. There were many wealthy families that lived there and many of them related to Spaniards, were able to develop a good economic and commercial system. The inhabitants of Tehuacán worked mainly in agriculture, trade and industry.

In Tehuacán oldest in the world, discovered the fossil of corn as well as other archaeological finds were also given.

‘‘Tehuacán shield’’

 Tehuacán is composed of four quarters:

In the first room is the black eagle on a cactus with two arrows in the right claw and one crossed by the legs and left three cornstalks with ears of gold that the Indians call Miahuatl in the blue field.

TeponaxtleEl second quarter shows a black eagle on a white field with golden beak put a paw on a teponaxtle golden and the other holding up two arrows. To the right of that eagle one ayacaxtle or rattle, an instrument playing and dancing with the natives. Shortly below a drum, the two sides left the teponaxcle, Quetzaly below a quetzal feathers or beam.

In the third quarter a matte finish and made ​​to order a flower red branches which in their language called tlaxochitl. A bird biting a flower at the foot of a tree that kills leaving it to those who call their language Mezquite. Mezquite the right side a castle on a hill beneath it a large cave near the castle and some red and white stones, four pockets having said castle out three arrows on the one hand and between the first and second top maixquahuitl get an instrument with which fought in antiquity and in the other two side pockets two arrows left and go through them in one maixquahuitl.

In the fourth quarter is a freshly slaughtered head like a right hand that has outstanding hair and the other left hand is gripping a bow. Amid quartered Chimalpopoca head, and as crest, the Virgin of the Conception.

  

‘‘Glyph of Tehuacán’’

We have already seen events suffered attacks of neighboring kingdoms as the Tepexi, so it planned to seriously change settlement up to a place more strategic for defense. For this object explored soaring Cerro Colorado penalties and seeming them appropriate, were summoned to a meeting where the almost general resolution was taken move the town to the new site found next to such penalties. According to one version, in that occasion the people exclaimed then "Tiehuacan" which means "Let's soon! and they went to Calcahualco.

According to another version, Te-hua-can comes from Tetl (stone), hua (possessive) and can (place) "Place that has stones"

A third version claims that "Tehuacán" is an adulteration of Teo-hua-can "Place of Teshuas" referring to the existence of local priests consecrated to worship fervently to Huitzilopochtli.

A fourth version proposes that "Tehuacán" comes from Teotl (God), hua (possessive) and can (place) "Place of the gods".

Due to written evidence it is likely that the Tehuacán Valley has been a center of great religious activity for the region, which is also suggested by the many idols of stone that the Franciscan friars made meet to be destroyed as a false religion slippery objects when evangelizaron this region.

This is the glyph currently accepted the city of tehuacan. Geographic Indonimia the State of Puebla, same that inferred from the word Teohuacan, i.e. place of gods or the Sun is based on the work of Felipe Franco from the year of 1946.

(Taken from "The fortress of el Cerro Colorado Tehuacán Puebla", Mauricio Gálvez Rosales)

The glyph is interpreted so: on the bottom gums with toothbrush, you can see what means "place". The disc is a solar symbol, or sacred. Hence, to Tehuacán is known as "Place of the gods", "Place of the gods", "Place of those who have God" or more currently "Sun City".