Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Zapotecs and Mixtecs

EL PALENQUE

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

ATZOMPA

Deconstructing a Zapotec Warlord Figurine

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

Greatest Zapoteca Ballgame Court in Atzompa Restored

http://artdaily.com/news/33163/Greatest-Zapoteca-Ballgame-Court-in-Atzompa-Restored-#.VcWKDXhkjR4

Recently found effigy pot could indicate individual buried in funerary complex in Oaxaca

http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=59890#.VcWKX3hkjR5

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

http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=59683#.VcWKuXhkjR4

 

Unique vertical Zapotec tomb found in Oaxaca

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

INAH Deciphers Zapotec Frieze at Atzompa Site

EL PALMILLO

 

Zapotec Digs in Mexico Show Clues to Rise and Fall

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090309-zapotec-missions.html

The Ballcourt at El Palmillo: Implications for Late Classic, Oaxaca, Mexico

http://www.academia.edu/839201/The_Ballcourt_at_El_Palmillo_Implications_for_Late_Classic_Oaxaca_Mexico_Feinman_and_Nicholas_2011_

SAN MARTIN TILCAJETE

Christina M. Elson; Excavations at Los Mogotes, San Martín Tilcajete, Oaxaca:
A Terminal Formative Subregional Center in the Valley of Oaxaca

http://www.famsi.org/reports/99055/index.html

ZAACHILA

Wikipedia; Zaachila

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaachila

LAMBITYECO

Wikipedia; Lambityeco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambityeco

 

Latin American Studies; Lambityeco

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/lambityeco-3.htm

Crocodile Monolith Found at Lambityeco, Oaxaca

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

DAINZU

The Ballplayers of Dainzú? An Alternative Interpretation of the Dainzú Iconography.

http://www.academia.edu/4485358/The_Ballplayers_of_Dainzú_An_Alternative_Interpretation_of_the_Dainzú_Iconography

Wikipedia; Dainzu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainzú

Rubbings from the site of Dainzú by Ruth Hardinger

http://www.famsi.org/research/kerr/dainzu/

Human Mandible Jewelry Found at Dainzu, Oaxaca

http://bit.ly/1TYHmBe

San Jose Mogote Site

http://www.softseattravel.com/Dainzu-Ruin-Oaxaca-Mexico.html

SAN JOSE MOGOTE

Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery; The Radiocarbon Dating of Public Buildings and Ritual Features in the Ancient Valley of Oaxaca

http://www.famsi.org/reports/03006/

Wikipedia; San Jose Mogote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_José_Mogote

The origin of war: New 14C dates from ancient Mexico
Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus*

http://www.pnas.org/content/100/20/11801.full

San Jose Mogote

http://www.softseattravel.com/San-Jose-Mogote-Archaeological-Site.html

San Jose Mogote Ruin Site

http://www.softseattravel.com/San-Jose-Mogote-Archaeological-Site.html

YAGUL

Justin Kerr’s Yagul Art Portfolio

http://research.mayavase.com/portfolio_thumbs.php?rowstart=0&search=*Yagul*&date_added=&display=8

Wikipedia; Yagul

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagul

Latin American Studies; Yagul

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/yagul-6.htm

SUCHILQUITONGO (aka; HUIJAZOO)

Wikipedia; SUCHILQUITONGO (aka; Huijazoo)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchilquitongo_(archaeological_site)

Restoration of Tomb No. 5 of Huijazoo

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/huijazoo.htm

MITLA

Thighbones Were Scepters for Ancient Zapotec Men?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090715-zapotec-thighbones-femurs.html

Wikipedia; Mitla

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitla

Mitla

http://uncoveredhistory.com/mexico/mitla/

MITLA: THE MYSTERIOUS STEPPED-FRET MOSAICS

http://uncoveredhistory.com/mexico/mitla-the-mysterious-stepped-fret-mosaics/

Mitla; The Temple of the Underworld

http://uncoveredhistory.com/mexico/mitla-the-temple-of-the-underworld/

The missing femur at the Mitla Fortressand its implications

http://www.academia.edu/382638/The_Missing_Femur_at_the_Mitla_Fortress_and_Its_Implications_Feinman_et_al._2010_

MONTE ALBAN

Ellen Hoobler; Primary Source Materials on Oaxacan Zapotec Urns from Monte Albán: A New Look at the Fondo Alfonso Caso and other archives in Mexico

http://www.famsi.org/reports/07067/index.html

Heather S. Orr; Danzantes of Building L at Monte Albán

http://www.famsi.org/reports/93003/

Latin American Studies; Monte Alban

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/monte-alban.htm

“The Mysterious Rise and Decline of Monte Alban”

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/montalban.htm

Wikipedia; Monte Alban

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Albán

Heather S. Orr; Danzantes of Building L at Monte Albán

http://www.famsi.org/reports/93003/93003Orr01.pdf

The “emblem” monuments of Structure J at Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico

http://www.academia.edu/6007201/The_emblem_monuments_of_Structure_J_at_Monte_Alban_Oaxaca_Mexico

Functional Analysis of Water Control Features at Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico

http://www.academia.edu/8454056/Functional_Analysis_of_Water_Control_Features_at_Monte_Alban_Oaxaca_Mexico

Engendering Tomb 7 at Monte Albán, Oaxaca: Respinning an Old Yarn

http://www.academia.edu/210178/Engendering_Tomb_7_at_Monte_Albán_Oaxaca_Respinning_an_Old_Yarn

Tomb 7, Monte Alban

http://antharky.ucalgary.ca/mccafferty/gender-research/tomb-7-monte-alban

Giant Building Discovered Under the Monte Alban Main PlazaSam Noble Museum has the report here;

https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/buried-building-discovered-in-oaxaca-mexico/

CERRO DE PENA

Ancient Zapotec Monuments and Glyphs Discovered on Puebla Mountain Top

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53498110

ZAPOTEC CIVILIZATION

Wikipedia; Zapotec Civilization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapotec_civilization

Archaeology and Religion; A Comparison of the Zapotec and the Maya

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/maya/maya-zapotec.pdf

War and early state formation in Oaxaca, Mexico

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC208728/

Justin Kerr’s Zapotec Art Portfolio

http://research.mayavase.com/portfolio_hires.php?search=*Zapotec*&date_added=&image=6423&display=8&rowstart=16

Zapotec Urns (Scroll Down)

http://przedkolumbem.blogspot.com/2012/09/fotogaleria-urny-majow-i-zapotekow.html

CATALOGUE OF ZAPOTEC EFFIGY VESSELS

http://www.famsi.org/research/zapotec/index.html

Wikipedia; Cocijo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocijo

Supernatural Lightning: Depictions of Cocijo on Zapotec Urns

http://www.academia.edu/7123834/Supernatural_Lightning_Depictions_of_Cocijo_on_Zapotec_Urns

STORM-GOD IMPERSONATORSFROM ANCIENT OAXACA

http://www.academia.edu/4812910/Storm-God_Impersonators_from_Ancient_Oaxaca

Earliest Evidence of Turkey Domestication Found in Oaxaca

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/fm-aeu112116.php

Mike Ruggeri’s Zapotec Art Portfolio

http://goo.gl/7eb3X

Knowledge, Power and Memory in Ancient Oaxaca

http://www.famsi.org/zapotecwriting/zapotec_text.pdf

Ancient Scripts; Zapotec

http://www.ancientscripts.com/zapotec.html