Road Stories
Pre-hispanic roads in Mexico: Mexican calzada and Mayan sacbé-oob
Andrés A. Torres Acosta Researcher, Instituto Mexicano del Transporte (Mexican Transport Research Institute) and member of World Road Association Technical Committee D.3 on Road Bridges (2008-2011)
Illustrations © Instituto Mexicano del Transporte
In pre-Hispanic times, the central part of the current Mexico was inhabited by organized societies which had a sedentary lifestyle and a highly developed culture. The various regions of this space were joined by trails that served as a means of communication