, ▁silver ▁and ▁co pper ▁appeared . ▁More ▁recent ▁ar che ology ▁of ▁the ▁area ▁has ▁produced ▁evidence ▁of ▁larger ▁cities , ▁large ▁scale ▁ir rig ation ▁and ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁script ▁used ▁by ▁various ▁cult ures ▁of ▁the ▁area . ▁The ▁Tol te c ▁influence ▁had ▁a ▁strong ▁influence ▁over ▁religious ▁development ▁with ▁de ities ▁formal izing ▁into ▁gods ▁recognized ▁by ▁the ▁later ▁Az te c ▁civil ization ▁such ▁as ▁T l ā loc , ▁M ict l ā nt ē cut li ▁and ▁Qu etz al co at l . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁cities ▁were ▁built ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁including ▁I x te p ete , ▁which ▁show ▁many ▁features ▁of ▁Mes o amer ican ▁architecture ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁py ram id ▁bases , ▁tem ples ▁and ▁Mes o amer ican ▁ball ▁courts . ▁However , ▁these ▁are ▁sparse ▁because ▁there ▁were ▁very ▁few ▁communities ▁of ▁the ▁size ▁needed ▁to ▁support ▁them . ▁St ones ▁used ▁for ▁building ▁were ▁often ▁cut ▁in ▁angles ▁and ▁with ▁relief ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁found ▁in ▁Tam az ula ▁and ▁El ▁Ch anal , ▁Col ima . ▁I x te p ete ▁from ▁the ▁t enth ▁century ▁has ▁tal ud / tab ler o ▁construction ▁showing ▁Te ot ih u ac an ▁influence . ▁By ▁ 1 1 1 2 , ▁the ▁tribes ▁domin ated ▁by ▁the ▁Tol te cs ▁re bel led ▁and ▁brought ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁the ▁dom ination ; ▁however , ▁the ▁area ▁would ▁be ▁conquer ed ▁again ▁in ▁