As a result, Chicano identification is aligned with the idea of Aztlán, which extends to the Aztec period of Mexico, celebrating a time preceding land division.

According to experts, they are Aztec, but very late period like after the conquest.

One known game from the Aztec period is cocoyocpatolli ("hole game").

In the Aztec period, Tacubaya was called Atlacuihuayan, "place where the river twists" in Nahuatl and only a way station for travelers.

The game is set in the Aztec period, with characters and story being re-interpretations of Aztec mythology and pre-Hispanic Mexican culture.

The Early Aztec period was a time of growth and competition among altepeme.

However, from the Aztec period to the 20th century, it was sparsely populated and very poor, with one main indigenous ethnicity, the Otomis.

Important artifacts were recovered from the Teopanzolco period, under those from the Aztec period, both of which are covered by the colonial era building.

During the Aztec period the town was known as Miahuapan Miahuatlán, "Canal of the Corn Tassel".

It categorizes events of the Toluca Valley into three periods: the "legendary period," the reign of Tepanac king Tezozomoc and the Aztec period.