Mitla

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Zapotec archaeological site ancient city archaeological site

Mitla is an ancient archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned for its intricate geometric stone mosaics and significance as a major religious and political center of the Zapotec civilization.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mitla canonical 15
Mitla archaeological site 2
Mitla archaeological zone 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zapotec archaeological site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Mixtec civilization ⓘ
surface form: Mixtec culture

Zapotec civilization ⓘ
conqueredBy Aztec Empire ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Zapotec ⓘ
decorationTechnique stone mosaic insets ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists from Mexico ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Mixtec-influenced architecture ⓘ
Zapotec civilization ⓘ
surface form: Zapotec architecture
hasSiteGroup Adobe Group ⓘ
Arroyo Group ⓘ
Group of the Church ⓘ
Group of the Columns ⓘ
hasStructure colonnaded halls ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
mosaic-decorated walls ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
heritageStatus important pre-Hispanic site in Mexico ⓘ
knownFor elaborate fretwork designs ⓘ
finely cut and fitted stonework ⓘ
intricate geometric stone mosaics ⓘ
political importance in pre-Hispanic period ⓘ
religious significance ⓘ
laterInfluence Mixtec ⓘ
locatedIn Oaxaca state ⓘ
surface form: Oaxaca

Oaxaca Valley ⓘ
Tlacolula District ⓘ
Region of Valles Centrales ⓘ
surface form: Valles Centrales region
locatedNear Oaxaca ⓘ
surface form: Oaxaca City
managedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
materialUsed cut stone blocks ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Nahuatl word Mictlán ⓘ
nameMeaning place of the dead ⓘ
nearbyModernTown Mitla self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: San Pablo Villa de Mitla
periodOfFlourishing Late Classic period ⓘ
Postclassic period ⓘ
preColumbianFunction burial site for elite ⓘ
major religious center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
region southern Mexico ⓘ
religiousRole center for rituals related to the dead ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
tourism major tourist attraction in Oaxaca ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zapotec civilization → hasMajorSite → Mitla ⓘ
Oaxaca → hasMajorArchaeologicalSite → Mitla ⓘ
State of Oaxaca → contains → Mitla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mitla archaeological site
southern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Mitla ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Zapotec → majorArchaeologicalSite → Mitla ⓘ
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → hasImportantSite → Mitla ⓘ
Oaxaca Valley → contains → Mitla ⓘ
Oaxaca Valley → tourismAttraction → Mitla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mitla archaeological site
Lambityeco → nearbyMajorSite → Mitla ⓘ
Yagul → locatedNear → Mitla ⓘ
Zapotec people → historicalCity → Mitla ⓘ
Dainzú → locatedNear → Mitla ⓘ
Cocijo → worshipedIn → Mitla ⓘ
Mitla → nearbyModernTown → Mitla self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Pablo Villa de Mitla
Region of Valles Centrales → containsArchaeologicalSite → Mitla ⓘ
Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca → contains → Mitla ⓘ
Cloud People → associatedWithArchaeologicalSite → Mitla ⓘ
Oaxaca state → hasArchaeologicalSite → Mitla ⓘ
subject surface form: Oaxaca (state)
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Mexico → includes → Mitla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mitla archaeological zone