Round Pyramids

We traveled from Telaquepaque to the Round Pyramids called Guachimontones, which are believed to be over 2000 years old. There are 10 in this site and several other sites are being excavated by an American professor of the University of Michoacan. Linda is standing in front of the largest pyramid and I am in the ball court with our guide, Chava. Each of the pyramids is a perfect circle, surrounded by another circle with multiple platforms, arranged in another of the 3 concentric circles. The ball game was played using only the hips and a 10 pound ball. They are believed to have played from dawn to dusk with the captain of the winning team beheaded at the end of the game. We visited another area where they are carefully excavating in a grid pattern and preserving the ancient obsidian knives, arrowheads and spearheads as well as pots, and sculptures.