Zapotec
The Zapotec civilization was an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization. The Zapotec referred to themselves as Be'ena'a, which means "The People."
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Caves of Yagul and Mitla | Mitla: most important archeological site of Zapotec culture | |
Oaxaca and Monte Alban | Monte Alban: "pre-eminent Zapotec socio-political and economic center for close to a thousand years" (wiki) | |
Teotihuacan | assumed to have been partially inhabited by Be'ena'a during its late phase |
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