Yagul
Photography by Bill Bell
Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated
with the Zapotec civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica,
located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site was declared
one of the country's four Natural Monuments on 13 October 1998.
The site is also known locally as Pueblo Viejo (Old Village) and
was occupied at the time of the Spanish Conquest. After the
Conquest the population was relocated to the nearby modern town
of Tlacolula where their descendants still live.
Yagul was first occupied around 500-100 BC. Around 500-700 AD,
residential, civic and ceremonial structures were built at the
site. However, most of the visible remains date to 1250-1521 AD,
when the site functioned as the capital of a Postclassic
city-state.
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