Zapotec Monte Albán

Name: Zapotec Monte Albán
Start: 1006
End: 1200

Type Event Region Oaxaca Time 1006–1200

By the early 11th century, the Zapotec center of Monte Albán in the Valley of Oaxaca had declined for centuries, with fewer rituals and population sh…

Timeline

1006–1100Monte Albán site · Oaxaca StateMost of the hilltop ceremonial area lay in ruins, with only sporadic ritual activity remaining; the Zapotec political and economic center shifted to towns downstream in the Valley of Oaxaca, and Monte Albán became a symbolic sacred ancestral site.
c. 1000–1200Valley of Oaxaca · Oaxaca StateThe Zapotecs developed new ceremonial and political centers at Yagul, Mitla, and elsewhere, continuing Classic-period writing and architectural traditions and forming a dispersed network of city-states, with Monte Albán still revered as a spiritual symbol.

Sources

Monte Albán: A Guide to the Ruins — Richard E. Blanton (1999)
Monte Albán https://www.britannica.com/place/Monte-Alban