On December 23, about 50 people turned out for the opening of the redesigned Tala Museum.
A small town located 30 kilometers due west of Guadalajara, Tala is best known for its large sugar refinery, noted for being the major polluter of Lake La Vega. Two thousand years ago, however, Tala was the residential district of a large metropolis with a population of some 60,000 people.
“In the days of the Teuchitlán civilization, the great majority of its people lived in and around what is now called Tala, which was rich in woods, water and obsidian deposits, while the nearby Guachimontones were reserved for official business and ceremonies,” says archeologist Rodrigo Esparza, who played a major role in the museum’s renovation.
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