Geophysical prospection and aerial photography in La Laguna, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Introduction The paper presents the results of a remote-sensing program at the La Laguna archaeological site, a Late Formative period (c. 600 BC – AD 100) regional center located in northern Tlaxcala (19°30’35” N / 98°00’20” W). The site was the largest community in the region during this period, when adjacent areas of central Mexico witnessed an initial phase of urbanization and state formation (Carballo and Pluckhahn, 2007; Merino Carrion, 1989; Snow, 1966). As such, La Laguna provides a cr...