| Object Name: | Monte Alban. General view with south platform in distant background |
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| Creation Date: | 100-900 AD | |
| Culture: | Zapotec | |
| Site: | Monte Alban | |
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| Image source: | © Dr. Manuel Aguilar | |
| The Main Plaza, an artificially leveled rectangular area about 300 by 200 meters oriented north-south, formed the heart of the city and probably functioned as a marketplace and meeting area. Temples, palaces, an I-shaped ball court, and other structures delimit both sides of the plaza, and four temple platforms are built over bedrock outcrops in the center. | ||
