Zapotec civilization

Connected Sites: 3

Definition
WHS related to the Zapotec civilization. This was an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca. The Zapotec referred to themselves as Be'ena'a, which means "The People".

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Connected Sites

  • Caves of Yagul and Mitla
    Caves of Yagul and Mitla
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.63
    70
    6
    Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated with the Zapotec civilization (wiki)
  • Teotihuacan
    Teotihuacan
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.29
    263
    8
    assumed to have been partially inhabited by Be'ena'a during its late phase; "archaeological remains of a Zapotec neighborhood within Teotihuacan" (wiki)
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban
    Oaxaca and Monte Alban
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.72
    136
    7
    Monte Alban: "the pre-eminent Zapotec socio-political and economic center for close to a thousand years" (wiki)