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Partially excavated ancient villages matching “Oaxaca”

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village

Casa Grande Compound — Oaxaca Valley (Oaxaca)

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age

Casa Grande Compound in Oaxaca Valley, Mexico is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village

Cueva del Quiotepec and Cerro Quiotepec

Monte Albán Late I - IIIb (500 BCE–800 CE) · Zapotec (Monte Albán state – Cuicatlán colony)

Zapotec military-agricultural outpost (500 BCE–800 CE, fortress phase 300–700 CE) crowning Cerro Quiotepec massif at confluence of Río Santo Domingo and Río Grande forming Río Papaloapan: hilltop…