The settlement at El Cóporo has all the vestiges of an old Mesoamerican city. It was formed by a series of villages around the hill where rock formations offered protection as natural walls. The city’s inhabitants likely cultivated a variety of crops that included corn, squash, tomatoes, beans, and chili. This pre-Hispanic settlement, which is distinguished by its 1,500-year-old architecture, consisting of rooms for ordinary people and a civic ceremonial center, is associated with the Tunal Grande culture. There is also evidence that the site has links to the pre-Hispanic…
