The cultural significance of this site, like Cuajilote can be understood in the context of the Bobos River sub-basin, in the central portion of Veracruz.

This region was receiving and commercial redistributive, taking advantage of the communications network demarcated by the physiography. Later this network was widely used by the Mexica in its expansion into the Gulf, making the tax settlements in the valley of the Triple Alliance. The social group that developed in this area shows multicultural features: Maya, Olmec, Huastec, Totonac and Toltecs; through the analysis of materials they have been identified standing ties to Oaxaca and the Maya area; to the Classic with Teotihuacan and El Tajin, and finally with Tula and Mexico Basin. Timeline 100. 1500 C. d. C. Location main chronological: Late Post Classic: 1200-1400 d.

Vega de la Peña covers some eight thousand square metres. There’s little doubt that structures buried beneath the lush greenery here extend beyond that some archeologists believe they may have stretched as far as Nautla. If true, this would radically alter the accepted conception of Mexican and Mesoamerican pre-Columbian history, placing this coast in a far more prominent position than previously thought. What you see here today are small buildings, with more palatial dwellings than at El Cuajilote, and a small ball-court.

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To access the site is part of the population of Tlapacoyan, Ver., On the road to Martinez de la Torre. . About 10 km, it is the turnoff to El Encanto; Following this path two rivers (Tomata and Bobos), which must be crossed by boat or by hiring the services of transporting a tractor are reached. If you first access the site Cuajilote, you can be reached by land, since the distance between the two sites is only 2.5 Km. Visitors can reach the site by public transport.