At some point around AD 900 the city of Xochicalco was burned and destroyed.

Teotihuacano culture collapsed around 550 and was followed by several large city-states such as Xochicalco ( whose inhabitants were probably of Matlatzinca ethnicity ), Cholula ( whose inhabitants were probably Oto-Manguean ), and later the ceremonial site of Tula ( which has traditionally been claimed to have been built by Toltecs but which now is thought to have been founded by the Huastec culture ).

Other nearby centers such as Cholula, Xochicalco, and Cacaxtla competed to fill the power void left by Teotihuacan's decline.

The high taluds of the pyramid bear relief carvings that depict towns that paid tribute to Xochicalco as well as several seated figures that look Mayan.

There is very little trace of the Great Goddess in the Valley of Mexico's later Toltec culture, although an earth goddess image has been identified on Stela 1, from Xochicalco, a Toltec contemporary.

The name Xochicalco may be translated from Nahuatl as " in the ( place of the ) house of Flowers ".

It has been speculated that Xochicalco may have had a community of artists from other parts of Mesoamerica.

A looping Quetzalcoatl is carved into the base of the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, at Xochicalco, Mexico, 700-900 A. D.

The primary ballcourt at Xochicalco.

* González Crespo, Norberto, Silvia Garza Tarazona, Hortensia de Vega Nova, Pablo Mayer Guala and Giselle Canto Aguilar ( 1995 ) " Archaeological Investigations at Xochicalco, Morelos: 1984 and 1986 ", Ancient Mesoamerica 6: 223 – 236.

* Hirth, Kenneth G. ( editor ) ( 2000 ) Archaeological Research at Xochicalco, Volume 1, Ancient Urbanism at Xochicalco: The Evolution and Organization of a Pre-Hispanic Society., and Volume 2, The Xochicalco Mapping Project.

Xochicalco () is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Municipality of Miacatlán in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos.

Also in the municipality: archaeological site of Coatetelco and Xochicalco.

Other towns in the municipality of Tetela del Volcán include Hueyapan, Xochicalco ( not to be confused with the archeological site of the same name ) and Tlamimilulpan.

While the Maya actually left examples of their writing, researchers have been unable to determine the linguistic affiliations of several important Classic civilizations, including Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, Cacaxtla, and El Tajín.

These include the Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana ( UABC ), Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana ( ITT ), Universidad Iberoamericana ( UIA-Tijuana ), CETYS Universidad, Universidad Xochicalco, and University of the Californias.

Within this subzone, is the Plaza New Mexicali, Centenary Sports Centre, the Universidad del Valle de Mexico, the Attorney General of the Republic, the Instituto Tecnologico de Mexicali, the University of Baja California, the New Campus of the University Xochicalco, and soon construction will soon begin on the new General Hospital of Mexicali.

Private universities include Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior, University of the Valley of Mexico and Xochicalco University.

The apogee of Xochicalco came after the fall of Teotihuacan and it has been speculated that Xochicalco may have played a part in the fall of the Teotihuacan empire.

The architecture and iconography of Xochicalco show affinities with Teotihuacan, the Maya area, and the Matlatzinca culture of the Toluca Valley.

Alexander von Humboldt published illustrations and a description of Xochicalco in 1810.

Xochicalco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a tourist destination.

* de la Fuente, Beatriz, Silvia Garza Tarazona, Norberto González Crespo, Arnold Leboef, Miguel León Portilla and Javier Wimer ( 1995 ) La Acrópolis de Xochicalco, Instituto de Cultura de Morelos, Cuernavaca.

At first glance this appears strange: of all people, was not America founded by rugged individualists who established a new way of life still inspiring `` undeveloped '' societies abroad??

William Coddington, who was running the colony, felt constrained to move seven miles south where, with others -- as mentioned above -- he founded Newport.

In the final analysis his contribution to American historiography was founded on almost intuitive insights into religion, economics, and Darwinism, the three factors which conditioned his search for a law of history.

When founded by Franklin the Gazette was a weekly family newspaper and under its new name its format remained that of a newspaper but its columns gradually contained more and more fiction, poetry, and literary essays.

He was named Product Manager of the Special Products Division of Sprague when it was founded in 1958, and was later promoted to his present post.

There, Mother was received by the scions of aristocratic lines which are dominated by the Budweisers ( of beer derivation ), the Chalmers ( of underwear origin ), and the Heinzes ( whose forbears founded a nationally famous trade in pickles ).

The Chinese world view during the Han dynasty, when the Lo Shu seems to have been at the height of its popularity, was based in large part on the teachings of the Yin-Yang and Five-Elements School, which was traditionally founded by Tsou Yen.

It was under the tutelage of the Guru that Bhai Kanhaiya subsequently founded a volunteer corps for altruism.

The single largest organization of Anthropologists is the American Anthropological Association ( AAA ), which was founded in 1903.

During this time most of what is known as ethnologie was restricted to museums, such as the Musée de l ' Homme founded by Paul Rivet, and anthropology had a close relationship with studies of folklore.

He was worshipped as Acraephius ( ; Ἀκραιφιος, Akraiphios, literally " Acraephian ") or Acraephiaeus ( ; Ἀκραιφιαίος, Akraiphiaios, literally " Acraephian ") in the Boeotian town of Acraephia ( Ἀκραιφία ), reputedly founded by his son Acraepheus ; and as Smintheus ( ; Σμινθεύς, Smintheus, " Sminthian "— that is, " of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe ") near the Troad town of Hamaxitus.

He was the third son of the writer and schoolmaster Leonard Huxley and his first wife, Julia Arnold, who founded Prior's Field School.

He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties.

The American Film Institute was founded in 1967 as a national arts organization to preserve the legacy of American film heritage, educate the next generation of filmmakers and honor the artists and their work.

Milne was an early screenwriter for the nascent British film industry, writing four stories filmed in 1920 for the company Minerva Films ( founded in 1920 by the actor Leslie Howard and his friend and story editor Adrian Brunel ).

The club was originally founded as a football team in 1891, with the name Buenos Aires English High School although it was obliged to change its name to Alumni Athletic Club ( the name was proposed by a former student of the English High School ) in 1901.

In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement after his split with Garry Davis ' movement Citizens of the World, which the surrealist André Breton was also a member.

It was founded in 1991 and is a training school for students of archaeology and anthropology.

Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely settled British province in Australia.

In 1867 gas street lighting was implemented, the University of Adelaide was founded in 1874, the South Australian Art Gallery opened in 1881 and the Happy Valley Reservoir opened in 1896.