[1] This hill has a maximum elevation of 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) above sea level [2] and is located at a southern pass leading out of the Mezquital Valley.

When archaeologists from INAH visited this area, it was located on the hillside of Cerro Mesa Ahumada at approximately 2,250 metres (7,380 ft) above sea level.

[6] Los Mogotes has 8 basements and a small platform, corresponding to the so-called Coyotlatelco and Mazapa of the late classic or epiclassical period (800-1000 a.C).

The location has suffered from looting, but archaeologists found valuable items such as obsidian, stone utensils, human bones, and mud bow.

[7] The eastern hillsides have petroglyphs, anthropomorphic figures of men and women, the engraving of Tōnatiuh or Tonalli, a Nahui Ollin, and concentric cross symbols that probably represent stars or locations.

[9] Cerro Mesa Ahumada is in the Central Mexican Plateau, where there is a diversity in plants and animals due to the region's temperate and semi-arid climate.