Archaeological Zone - Tancama comes from the Huasteca language meaning "Hill of Fire" or place of flint.

Prehistoric settlement with a period of occupation that probably covers most of the Classic period. The site is nestled in the Sierra Gorda of Queretaro so that the natural form of the land must be adapted by the inhabitants to raise terraces and platforms on which several architectural complexes were built. Currently, the place can be appreciated some 42 structures of different sizes and shapes, highlighting the circular type and semicircular. It even has a ball 18 meters long, one of the smallest located in Mexico. The overall architecture of the site has similar features to those of frogs and Toluquilla, with buildings made from stone slabs and large slopes that are integrated into three large squares called El Mirador, Santiago and La Promesa.Chronology: 200-900 d. C. Location main chronological: Late Classic, 700 to 900 d. C. The route through this area encompasses two of the squares called viewpoint and Santiago, where buildings are scattered like butterflies copper's highest place of the dead, the patojo, the hooks and the obsidian knife, the name of each building due to the excavations in the same or to specific architectural features.

The area has a service unit, sleeping and health, as well as ramps and signage.

Monday to Sunday from 9:00 to 16:00 hours.

Queretaro INAH Center 01 (442) 2 12 01 72.

Bring water to stay hydrated, mosquitoes repellent, hat or cap, comfortable in wet weather clothing can only be passed with pickup truck because the road is broken.

Approximately 13 kilometers from the county seat and Municipal Delegation Tancama Corner; to get there take the federal road from Jalpan to Landa de Matamoros, deviating in Tancama career. Visitors can reach the site by public transport.