Guiengola
Sign in to saveGuiengola is a Late Postclassic (14th–early 16th centuries CE) Zapotec archaeological site located near Santo Domingo Tehuantepec in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. The site occupies a strategically elevated landscape overlooking the Tehuantepec River system and is widely known in historical accounts as a fortified settlement associated with conflict between the Zapotec and Mexica polities during the decades preceding Spanish colonization.
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It is catalogued under topics including 14th-century establishments in North America, 1892 archaeological discoveries and Archaeological sites in Oaxaca.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
- Image
- Guiengola3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zapotec people
- culture
- Zapotec
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Location and environment
- Historical context
- Archaeological investigations
- Site layout and major areas
- Epicenter (civic-ceremonial core)
- Elite architecture and public plazas
- North Plaza
- North Elite Residences
- Snake Plaza
- South Palace Complex
- Residential zones and neighborhoods
- Fortifications and circulation
- Contemporary significance and heritage
- References
Guiengola is a Late Postclassic (14th–early 16th centuries CE) Zapotec archaeological site located near Santo Domingo Tehuantepec in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. The site occupies a strategically elevated landscape overlooking the Tehuantepec River system and is widely known in historical accounts as a fortified settlement associated with conflict between the Zapotec and Mexica polities during the decades preceding Spanish colonization.
Archaeological research has demonstrated that Guiengola was not only a military stronghold but a substantial urban settlement. Systematic pedestrian survey and airborne lidar mapping have documented an occupation area of approximately 360 hectares containing more than one thousand architectural features, including civic-ceremonial buildings, elite residential compounds, neighborhoods, road systems, terraces, and defensive walls. The architectural core, or epicenter, includes plazas, ballcourts, and large residential complexes associated with governing elites.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guiengola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations