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Toltec

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Toltec , ancient civilization of Mexico. The name in Nahuatl means "master builders." The Toltec formed a warrior aristocracy that gained ascendancy in the Valley of Mexico c.AD 900 after the fall of Teotihuacán. Their early history is obscure but they seem to have had ancient links with the Mixtec and the Zapotec . Their capital was Tollán (see Tula ). In architecture and the arts they were masters; they were influenced by Teotihuacán and the Olmec culture. Cholula is considered to be a Toltec site. Toltec civilization was materially far advanced. They... Read more
Toltec
Toltec • beck , bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, lek, neck, peck, Québec, rec, reck, sec, sneck, spec...x2022; rubberneck •halterneck • leatherneck • turtleneck •henpeck • kopek • shipwreck ... Read more
Toltec
Toltec (Nuhuatl, master-builder) Ancient Native American civilization, whose capital was Tollán (Tula), Mexico. The Toltec were the dominant people in the region from ad 900 to 1200. Their architecture is characterized by pyramid building. Although... Read more

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Author masters her reality the Toltec way
; face=+Bold; The Toltec Way:face=-Bold; By Susan Gregg, Renaissance...four books. Gregg's latest book, "The Toltec Way: A Guide to Personal Transformation...of the tools she used with her mentor, Toltec master don Miguel Ruiz, who taught her... Read more
HISTORICAL METROLOGY AND A RECONSIDERATION OF THE TOLTEC MODULE
; The Toltec Module of 47.5 m has been proposed as a...measurement employed in the layout of the Toltec Mounds site in central Arkansas (Sherrod...that as it is currently formulated, the Toltec Module is untenable as a prehistoric unit... Read more
GREENSBORO TEXTILE PLANT CLOSING DOORS; TOLTEC FABRICS IS MOVING JOBS FROM GREENSBORO TO MASSACHUSETTS.(BUSINESS)
; Byline: PETER KROUSE Staff Writer Toltec Fabrics is closing its mill on Hornaday...Roughly two-thirds of the 100 jobs at Toltec will be transferred to Dudley, company...area, she said. Milton Forman started Toltec Fabrics in 1973 and sold the company to... Read more
Train keeps a-rollin': Cumbres & Toltec hits 125th year, names caboose after state senator.
; ...The little, narrow-gauge Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad celebrates its 125th birthday...member Wayne Quinlan said. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission chairman David...Entz with a plaque. The Cumbres & Toltec began in 1879 as part of Gen. William... Read more
Alba Guadalupe Mastache, Robert Cobean & Dan Healan. Ancient Tollan: Tula and the Toltec heartland.(Book Review)
; ...DAN HEALAN. Ancient Tollan: Tula and the Toltec heartland, xix+412 pages, 139 figures...0-87081-616-0 hardback. Tula, the ancient Toltec capital about 75 km north of Mexico City...neighbors, Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan. The Toltec regional state was not as large or as... Read more
Gov. Seeks $1M for Railroad Colo. May Give $500K To Historic Cumbres & Toltec
; ...more than $1 million for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad -- good news for the financially...heavy hitter to a seat on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission, the entity...led the effort to buy the Cumbres and Toltec line from the Denver and Rio Grande Western... Read more
Train Could Get Colo. Help Richardson says state 'will step up' to shoulder its share of running historic Cumbres & Toltec
; ...financial support for the struggling Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, following a visit with...created doubt about whether the Cumbres & Toltec will run next summer, although railroad...A bi-state commission, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission, oversees the... Read more
Toltec Hotel in Trinidad, Colo., will get a new look with lofts, shops, offices.
; ...with the city to purchase the 94-year-old Toltec Hotel, one of historic Trinidad's most...downtown building a block away from the Toltec and is noted for building restorations...owner of the adjacent vacant lot to the Toltec, who has right of refusal on the Toltec... Read more
Colorado Development Group Grants $90,000 to Toltec Railroad.
; ...Smith Jul. 12--DENVER--The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will receive a $90,000...operator of the 64-mile-long Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, said Thursday it will...Salisbury, chairman of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway Commission said that the... Read more
Cumbres & Toltec settles bias suit
; ...nonprofit corporation that runs the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway has agreed to pay more...director of the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, the parent organization...of Santa Fe, a member of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission, said that... Read more

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