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A view of Tollan-Teotihuacan, from the District of Tlajinga.

A commissioned illustration of the district of Tlajinga, a southernmost neighborhood of Tollan-Teotihuacan.
As per David Carballo, lead director of the excavation site and commisioner of the illustration:

"The Tlajinga district was a cluster of non-elite neighborhoods on the southern periphery of Teotihuacan, 2 km from the urban epicenter. The district covers approximately a square kilometer with about 80 apartment compounds that were nicely constructed but lacked the quantities of cut stone, stucco coating on walls, or murals typical of apartments located in the center of the city. This sort of construction was nevertheless characteristic of structures elevated on platforms along the western side of the southern extension of the Street of the Dead running through Tlajinga. This neighborhood center served civic and ritual functions, including temple complexes and likely residences for intermediate elites who administered the district. Craft specialties documented archaeologically at Tlajinga include obsidian, pottery, and lapidary production, and open spaces to the north of the San Lorenzo River were probable agricultural fields."