Tizatlan

Tizatlan was one of four independent altepemeh, or polities, that formed the Tlaxcallan confederation in central Mexico. Its Nahuatl name contains words for chalk and place. At the time of the Spanish conquest, it was one of the most powerful allied communities and supplied military leadership to Tlaxcallan. The elder Xicotencatl ruled Tizatlan, while his son Xicotencatl the Younger was a military leader. Tlaxcalan decisions and military assistance became important to the Spanish campaign against the Mexica. After the conquest, the allied centre of Ocotelolco gained prominence over Tizatlan. The surviving archaeological site preserves evidence of this constituent polity within the larger Tlaxcalan world.