Yagul
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|Ball Court in Yagul 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.
Key facts
- Protected area.name
- Yagul
- Protected area.iucn_category
- III
- Protected area.image
- Zona Arqueológica de Yagul.jpg
- Protected area.location
- Oaxaca, Mexico
- Protected area.nearest_city
- Tlacolula de Matamoros
- Protected area.map
- Mexico Oaxaca#Mexico<!-- or
- Protected area.map_image
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- Protected area.established
- May 24, 1999
- Protected area.governing_body
- Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
- Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (iii)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1352
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 2010
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- Site history
- Site description
- Fortress
- Residential area
- Ceremonial center
- Yagul Natural Monument
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Ball Court in Yagul 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.