Mitla — North Palace Grecas Frieze (Oaxaca)
Mitla N Grecas
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze Age urban·🇲🇽 Oaxaca, Mitla, Mexico
image:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona modified by Mariagata1959 · Public domain
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About Mitla — North Palace Grecas Frieze (Oaxaca)
Mitla — North Palace Grecas Frieze (Oaxaca) in Oaxaca, Mitla, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age urban. Systematic survey and LiDAR document stratified deposits. The site includes a principal platform and ancillary settlement. Dimensions city wall circuit 1.2 km; area 18 ha; area 11.7 ha. Excavation excavated; condition buried. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age urban ancient-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 1680 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Function and labor organization
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age urban
- Purpose
- Urban centre with palace and temple precinct
- Rediscovered
- 1949
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1198 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1900
Modern rediscovery and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
16.9300° N · 96.3600° W · 1680 m · 3 mapped features
- Principal MonumentstructurePrincipal Monument at Mitla — North Palace Grecas Frieze (Oaxaca) — structure with stratified deposits16.9284° N · 96.3620° W
- Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary Complex at Mitla — North Palace Grecas Frieze (Oaxaca) — complex with stratified deposits16.9308° N · 96.3581° W
- Outlier FeatureoutlierOutlier Feature at Mitla — North Palace Grecas Frieze (Oaxaca) — outlier with stratified deposits16.9296° N · 96.3585° W
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