Cocijo
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Cocijo is a lightning deity of the pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization of southern Mexico. He has attributes characteristic of similar Mesoamerican deities associated with rain, thunder and lightning,
An Early Classic representation of Cocijo found at Monte Albán and now in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City.
Urn representing Cocijo held at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Monte Albán
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Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above
Cocijo
…An Early Classic representation of Cocijo found at Monte Albán and now in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. Cocijo (Zapotec: Cocijo ; occasionally spelt Cociyo, otherwise known as Guziu in the…
The west side platform at the Monte Alban pyramid complex
Panoramic showing a section of the North Platform in the foreground.
Ballgame court
Aerial view of Monte Albán