Yagul Natural Monument
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Yagul Natural Monument is a federal protected natural area of Mexico
, located in Tlacolula de Matamoros
in the state of Oaxaca
, Mexico
. It is one of four protected areas designated as "Natural Monuments" (Monumentos Naturales
) under the administration of the federal agency CONANP, and was formally gazetted on 24 May 1999. The area covers some 1046 hectares (4 sq mi) and encompasses the archaeological zone containing the pre-Columbian
eastern Tlacolula Valley sites of Yagul
and Caballito Blanco. Archaeological evidence from suggests human occupation at caves near these sites dating back to perhaps as early as 3000 BC. At Yagul more definitive indications show it to have been an active settlement by the Monte Albán
Early I period, ca. 500—300 BC.
Mexican Protected Natural Areas
Mexico's Protected Natural Areas are 158 designated "Natural Areas" in Mexico, representing 11% of the nation's surface area, and are protected and administrated by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas , a federal agency...
, located in Tlacolula de Matamoros
Tlacolula de Matamoros
Tlacolula de Matamoros is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, about 30 km from the center of the city of Oaxaca on Federal Highway 190, which leads east to Mitla and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ....
in the state of Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It is one of four protected areas designated as "Natural Monuments" (Monumentos Naturales
Mexican Natural Monuments
Mexico's Natural Monuments are four federally-recognized protected natural areas that are administrated by the federal National Commission of Protected Natural Areas ....
) under the administration of the federal agency CONANP, and was formally gazetted on 24 May 1999. The area covers some 1046 hectares (4 sq mi) and encompasses the archaeological zone containing the pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian
The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...
eastern Tlacolula Valley sites of Yagul
Yagul
Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated with the Zapotec civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site was declared one of the country's four Natural Monuments on 13 October 1998. The site is also known locally as Pueblo Viejo ...
and Caballito Blanco. Archaeological evidence from suggests human occupation at caves near these sites dating back to perhaps as early as 3000 BC. At Yagul more definitive indications show it to have been an active settlement by the Monte Albán
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca...
Early I period, ca. 500—300 BC.