🇲🇽 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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
San José Mogote
Early–Middle Formative 1500–500 BCE (Rosario phase) · Zapotec (Mogote phase)
Earliest Zapotec urban precursor with Monument 3 captive blood glyph, earliest Oaxacan writing 600 BCE.
🇲🇽 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…