ABSTRACT
The archaeological site of Xochicalco is located in the west-central portion of the state of Morelos, Mexico. The main objective of storage in Xochicalco was to establish centralized control of products and goods of a tributary system. Since the systematic explorations of the central part of Xochicalco began in 1992 were considered grain storerooms or graneros. The grains stored inside the graneros in the Acropolis used for food preparation to serve the governmental, military, and religious institutions, as well as the labor groups in charge of the maintenance of the upper part of the city, and feastings. Xochicalco controlled a series of local and foreign sumptuary goods that were exchanged and distributed exclusively by the elite. The presence of cotton crops in the state of Morelos before the Spanish intervention is known, so it would not be unusual for Xochicalco to have had control over this precious resource for Mesoamerican societies.
