Tingambato and the Mystery of Its Abandonment
Archaeologists and geophysics team up to reveal how the ancient city of Tingambato thrived for almost a millennium before being mysteriously abandoned around 900 AD. Could a nearby volcano be the culprit?
Thanks to archaeological investigations and the work of the National Archaeomagnetic Service (SAN) of UNAM at the archaeological site of Tingambato, Michoacán, it was revealed that the area had an occupation from around the year 0 to 900 AD and, coincidentally, The abandonment of the site is contemporary with the birth of the El Metate volcano.
Avto Gogichaishvili, Juan Julio Morales Contreras and Nayeli Pérez Rodríguez, from the SAN; In addition to José Luis Punzo Díaz, from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), in charge of the project, they detailed that the study integrates several specialists, and a fundamental aspect has to do with the dating, since it is one of the great doubts that they had until now.
