Tututepec
Sign in to saveTututepec (Mixtec: Yucu Dzaa) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site. It is located in the lower Río Verde valley on the coast of Oaxaca. The city was the capital of a tributary Mixtec empire during the Late Postclassic period (ca. 12th to early 16th centuries). At its largest extent the site covered some 21.85 km2, and its political influence extended over an area of more than 25,000 km2 of the neighbouring territory covering many towns and cultures.
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- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Oaxaca
- Image
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- inception
- 1063-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1522-00-00
- language used
- Cuicatec
- culture
- Mixtec people
- Commons category
- Tututepec
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- Etymology
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- Eight Deer's migration and reign
- Maximum extent and Spanish conquest
- Archaeological investigations
- Site description
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Tututepec (Mixtec: Yucu Dzaa) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site. It is located in the lower Río Verde valley on the coast of Oaxaca. The city was the capital of a tributary Mixtec empire during the Late Postclassic period (ca. 12th to early 16th centuries). At its largest extent the site covered some 21.85 km2, and its political influence extended over an area of more than 25,000 km2 of the neighbouring territory covering many towns and cultures.
Today, the site is occupied by the contemporary settlement of Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tututepec” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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