Oaxaca Valley
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The Central Valleys of Oaxaca, also simply known as the Oaxaca Valley, is a geographic region located within the modern-day state of Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico. In an administrative context, it has
Guilá Naquitz Cave
Looking southwest over the site of Monte Albán. Situated on a mountaintop, Monte Albán overlooks much of the Oaxaca Valley.
Zapotec civilization
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The Zapotec civilization is an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence shows that their culture originated at least 2,500
Oaxaca Valley
…specific names: the northwestern Etla arm, the central southern Valle Grande, and the Tlacolula arm to the east. The Oaxaca Valley was home to the Zapotec civilization, one of the earliest complex societies in Mesoamerica, and the later Mixtec culture. A number of important and well-known archaeological sites are found…
Palace of Columns, Mitla, Oaxaca
A funerary urn in the shape of a "bat god", from Oaxaca, dated to AD 300–650. Height: 9.5 in (23 cm).
Contemporary Zapotec people.
Looking over the site of Monte Albán. Situated on a mountaintop, Monte Albán overlooks much of the Valley of Oaxaca.