See Also: Monte Alban(encyclopedia)
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Alban(tourism)
Alban(medicine)
Alban, Saint(dictionary)
Kohler, Alban(medicine)
Berg, Alban (Maria Johannes)(encyclopedia)
monte-jus(dictionary)
El Monte(tourism)
monte(dictionary)
Monte Cassino(encyclopedia)

Monte Alban (sh)




Ridgetop site of the ruins of the ancient centre of Zapotec culture, located near Oaxaca, Mex.

Construction at the site began around the 8th century BC. Monte Alban reached its height AD 250-700. The site contains great plazas, truncated pyramids, a tlachtli court for an ancient ballgame, underground passageways, and about 170 tombs, the most elaborate yet uncovered in the New World. The great plaza atop the highest hill is flanked by four platforms; two temples stand on the platform to the south. In its final phase, Monte Alban was inhabited by the Mixtec.