After the destruction of the Toltec capital of Tula (Veracruz), a wave of Chichimeca (a Nahuatl speaking group) migrated to the area of Puebla and Tlaxcala. Some of them became the founding lords of Quauhquechollan, around the year AD 1093.
Telamones, human figures used as supporting columns, from the ancient Toltec capital of Tula.
Archaeological site at Tula with the modern city in the background.