 The discovery of the stone led to a large-scale excavation, directed by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, to unearth the Huēyi Teōcalli (Templo Mayor in Spanish).The prominent position of the stone suggests the importance of her defeat by Huitzilopochtli in Aztec religion and national identity.On the summit of Coatepec ("Serpent Mountain"), sat a shrine for Coatlicue, the maternal Earth deity.