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Places tagged “mixtec”

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Zaachila

Postclassic (Militaristic) 1100–1521 CE · Zapotec-Mixtec (Late Zapotec)

Final Zapotec capital with two Mixtec polychrome tombs and unfinished pyramid, 1100–1521.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder

Mitla

Postclassic 900–1521 CE (Mitla peak 1200–1520, Post-Monte Albán valley floor relocation) · Zapotec + Mixtec (Mixe-Zapotec, later Aztec tributary; Zapotec Lyobaa)

Postclassic Zapotec-Mixtec mortuary city and living palace center (900–1521 CE) abutting Monte Albán collapse population shift to valley floor: unparalleled geometric fret mosaic (grecas) facades…