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Jorge R. Acosta
Jorge
R. Acosta
was a
Mexican
archaeologist
who
worked
on
numerous
major
archaeological sites
in
Mesoamerica
, including
Chichen Itza
,
Teotihuacán
,
Oaxaca
,
Palenque
,
Monte Albán
and
Tula
. His
excavations
at Tula were the first to
prove
that
the ruins
there were that of the
legendary
city of
Tollan
, the
capital
of the
Toltec
state. He also greatly influenced the
practice
of
cultural conservation
in
Mexico
.