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
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
Mitla
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Mitla is the second-most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, after Monte Albán, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The site is located 44 km from the city of Oax
Monte Albán
…once part of the Monte Albán state, began to assert their autonomy, including sites such as Cuilapan and Zaachila in the Valle Grande and Lambityeco, Mitla, and El Palmillo in the eastern Tlacolula arm. The latter is the focus of an ongoing project by Gary Feinman and Linda Nicholas of Chicago's Field…
Palace at Mitla
Church of San Pablo
Palace column room
Close up of some of the fretwork