MIKE RUGGERI’S ZAPOTEC AND MIXTEC NEWS

Laser mapping reveals massive ancient Zapotec city in Mexican forest

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/18/laser-analysis-reveals-zapotec-city-guiengola-mexico

Oaxaca temple complex hints at archaic Mexican state

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/giant-ancient-palace-unearthed-mexico-was-rulers-home-seat-government-1613944

More on the El Palenque Excavation

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/22/science/la-sci-sn-oaxaca-mexico-temple-20130422

Oldest Temple in Mexican Valley Hints at Possible Human Sacrifice

http://www.livescience.com/28919-oldest-temple-oaxaca.html

Deconstructing a Zapotec Warlord Figurine

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/81-1303/trenches/526-zapotec-atzompa-warlord-painted-figurine

Mexican archaeologists find another 1,200 year-old grave at Atzompa in Oaxaca

https://artdaily.cc/news/59683/Mexican-archaeologists-find-another-1-200-year-old-grave-at-Atzompa-in-Oaxaca

Unique vertical Zapotec tomb found in Oaxaca

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/18344

INAH deciphers Zapotec Frieze at Atzompa Site

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-decipher-the-glyphs-on-a-1300-year-old-frieze-in-mexico-180979691/

Crocodile Monolith Found at Lambityeco, Oaxaca

http://www.livescience.com/55971-ancient-mexican-crocodile-carving-discovered.html

Painted Human Jawbones Used as Ancient Jewelry

https://www.livescience.com/54783-painted-human-jawbones-used-as-ancient-jewelry.html

2,000 Year Old Zapotec Murals Found in Tombs in Southern Mexico

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-20/dozens-of-pre-hispanic-zapotec-tombs-in-san-pedro-nexicho/101876922?fbclid=IwAR3Dsj6fxpHm_4MsOE61bMEQr5OxHM0lr-MVzU5qQMlAXjACwkbBZix7o6E

Earliest Evidence of Turkey Domestication Found in Oaxaca

https://www.livescience.com/56966-turkey-domestication-archaeological-evidence.html

Warrior-Trader Mixtec Tomb Unearthed in Central Mexico Town Square

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mixtec-tomb-0019770