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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dainzu - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Oaxaca

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Tuesday, 22 February 2011  Page Views: 4030

Multi-periodSite Name: Dainzu
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 9.675 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Oaxaca Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Oaxaca
Latitude: 17.003611N  Longitude: 96.556944W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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SolarMegalith visited on 1st Mar 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

Dainzu
Dainzu submitted by SolarMegalith : Juego de pelota (ball-court) in Dainzu has been only partly reconstructed (photo taken on March 2002). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Oaxaca.
Dainzu is one of the most interesting Zapotec centres in Valles Centrales de Oaxaca. The first traces of habitation indicate that it's older then Monte Alban - the first settlement was founded here probably around 700 BC. The golden age of Dainzu lasted till 2nd century AC - later the city did not suffer immediate downfall, but lost power, as Monte Alban became the most important Zapotec centre in the valley.

Among the best preserved constructions there is Conjunto A (Estructura A), which was probably a temple - it was build on a special platform. The other important buildings are Conjuto B (Estructura B), group of Zapotec tombs (with Tumba 7 as most significant one) and juego de pelota (ball-court), which is only partly preserved. Such ball-courts, represented in different forms also in Mayan and Toltec architecture, are present in other Zapotec cities in Valles Centrales de Oaxaca (Monte Alban, Yagul).

Ruins of Dainzu are well-signposted on the main road and easily accessible to the public, the entrance is charged.

Note: Painted human mandibles that may have been worn like necklace pendants. See comment.
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Decorated Human Jaw Unearthed in Mexico by bat400 on Sunday, 22 May 2016
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Painted human mandibles that may have been worn like necklace pendants have been discovered at a ceremonial site in Mexico that dates back around 1,300 years.

In the same ceremonial area, numerous whistles and figurines were also discovered. Made out of ceramic, these objects had been smashed into thousands of fragments, not a single example found intact.

The whistles may have made owl-like sounds, archaeologists said. Some of the figurines were sculpted images of Xipe Totec, a Mesoamerican god associated with human sacrifice and agricultural activity. The god was often shown with human bones draped around his neck.

Discovered in the spring and early summer of 2015, the ceremonial site where the painted human jawbones were found is located within an ancient residential complex at the site of Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl in the Oaxaca Valley in southern Mexico. The site was used by the Zapotecs, a people who still live in the region and speak their own Zapotec language.

Jeremias Pink, a graduate student at Oregon State University, presented a poster discussing his team's discovery recently at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting. The discovery is being prepared for publication.

- See more (with photo) at: http://www.livescience.com
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