The Oaxaca Valley was settled by the Zapotec around 900-1000 BC and over the centuries developed a hierarchical society governed by elites. While the valley was relatively isolated, the Zapotec…
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Yugal is an pre-Columbian town near the current city of Oaxaca, Mexico. Yagul began as a settlement around 500 BC, but the city really began to prosper after the decline…
Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian near Oaxaca, Mexico. Monte Albán is situated atop an artificially leveled ridge and has an elevation of about 6,400 ft above sea level and…
The Zapotec and Mixtec peoples settled in the Oaxaca valley thousands of years before the Spanish arrived. I will talk more about them in the next blog and video when…
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