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The Valley of Oaxaca. ANTH 221: Peoples and Cultures of Mexico Kimberly Martin, Ph.D. Oaxaca Three Valleys Configuration. PreClassic 2500 – 200 BCE. PreClassic 2500-200 BCE San Jose El Mogote Monte Alban Dainzu Mitla. San Jose El Mogote. 1500 – 500 BCE - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Valley of Oaxaca
ANTH 221: Peoples and Cultures of MexicoKimberly Martin, Ph.D.
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Oaxaca Three Valleys Configuration
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PreClassic 2500 – 200 BCE• PreClassic 2500-200 BCE– San Jose El Mogote–Monte Alban– Dainzu–Mitla
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San Jose El Mogote• 1500 – 500 BCE• Oldest permanent agricultural village in Oaxaca • Largest and probably most powerful village in the
Valleys of Oaxaca for 1000 years• Population of about 1000 at its peak• Earliest pottery in the area• Adobe, then stone construction• Defensive walls • Ceremonial buildings (1300BCE)• Terracing• Irrigation • Hierglyphic writing• Craft Specialization
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San Jose El Mogote
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San Jose El Mogote
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San Jose El Mogote
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San Jose El Mogote
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San Jose El Mogote
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Monte Alban• Probably Zapotec indigenous population• Preclassic –Monte Alban I 500-200 BCE– Building of the Danzantes
• Classic–Monte Alban II & III 200BCE – 800 CE
• Postclassic–Monte Alban IV & V 900 CE – 1519 CE– Dainzu–Mitla
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The Three Valleys of Oaxaca
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Monte Alban and the City
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Monte Alban Terracing
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Monte Alban Site Overview
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Monte Alban Site Plan
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Monte Alban North Platform, Palace Complex and Tombs
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Monte Alban IMonte Alban North Plaza and Pyramid
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Front of the North Platform
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Monte Alban Main Plaza
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Monte Alban South Plaza and
Platform
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Los Danzantes
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Danzantes
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Danzantes
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Monte Alban Ballcourt
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Dainzu = Post Classic
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View from Cerro at Dainzu
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Dainzu View from Building A
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Dainzu Site Plan
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Dainzu
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Dainzu Ballcourt
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Dainzu Carvings
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Mitla• Mixtec and Zapotec influences• One of several powerful “city states”
in the region.• Mosiac stone work instead of
carvings
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Mitla Ruins in Back of the Church
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Mitla Stonework
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Lower Plaza
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Unexcavated Hill at Zaachila
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Zaachila Tomb Site
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Zaachila Tomb
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Zaachila Butterfly Tomb Carving
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Phallus Figure and Five Flowers