Editing Acapulco (section)

=== Pre-Columbian ===
[[File:Puerto de Acapulco Boot 1628.png|left|thumb|A 1628 relief atlas of [[Acapulco Bay]].]]
By the 8th century, around the [[Acapulco Bay]] area, there was a small culture which would first be dominated by the [[Olmec]]s, then by a number of others during the pre-Hispanic period before it ended in the 1520s. At Acapulco Bay itself, there were two Olmec sites, one by [[Playa Larga]] and the other on a hill known as ''El Guitarrón''. Olmec influence caused the small spread-out villages here to coalesce into larger entities and build ceremonial centers.<ref name="encmuc" />

Later, [[Teotihuacan]] influence came to the area via [[Cuernavaca]] and Chilpancingo. Then [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] influence arrived from the [[Isthmus of Tehuantepec]] and through what is now [[Oaxaca]]. This history is known through the archaeological artifacts that have been found here, especially at ''Playa Hornos, Pie de la Cuesta'', and ''Tambuco''.<ref name="encmuc" />

In the 11th century, new waves of migration of [[Nahua peoples|Nahuas]], including the ''[[Coixcas]]'', came through here. These people were the antecedents of the [[Aztec]]s. In the later 15th century, after four years of military struggle, Acapulco became part of the [[Aztec Empire]] during the reign of [[Ahuizotl]] (1486–1502). It was annexed to a tributary province named ''Tepecuacuilco''. However, this was only transitory, as the Aztecs could only establish an unorganized military post at the city's outskirts. The city was in territory under control of the ''[[Tlapanec people|Yopis]]'', who continued defending it and living there until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1520s.<ref name="encmuc" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Cabrera Guerrero |first=Martha Eugenia |date=1990 |title=Los pobladores prehispánicos de Acapulco |language=es |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia |isbn=968-6487-44-1}}</ref>