Zapotec Ceramic Censer, Monte Alban II
Zapotec () or zapoteca may refer to: Cultures and languages * Zapotec civilization, a historical indigenous pre-Columbian civilization and archaeological culture of central Mexico * Zapotec languages, a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages * Zapotec peoples, contemporary indigenous peoples of Mexico * Zapotecan languages, a group of related Oto-Manguean languages (including Zapotec languages), of central Mesoamerica * Zapotec language (Jalisco), an extinct language from Jalisco state in Mexico, unrelated (despite its name) to the group of Zapotec languages. Other uses * ''Zapoteca'' (plant), a legume genus See also *Emil Zátopek, athlete from Czechoslovakia ** ''Zátopek'' (film), a 2021 Czech film about him *Lukáš Zátopek Lukáš Zátopek (born 2 February 1978) is a Czech ice hockey player currently playing for Chelmsford Chieftains of the English National Ice Hockey League. He began his career in 1998 with HC Vítkovice in the Czech Extraliga, t ...
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Zapotec Civilization
The Zapotec civilization ( "The People"; 700 BC–1521 AD) is an Indigenous peoples, indigenous Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence shows that their culture originated at least 2,500 years ago. The Zapotec archaeological site at the ancient city of Monte Albán has monumental buildings, Mesoamerican ballgame, ball courts, tombs and grave goods, including finely worked gold jewelry. Monte Albán was one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica. It was the center of a Zapotec state that dominated much of the territory which today is known as the Mexican state of Oaxaca. History Zapotec civilization originated in the Y-shaped Valley of Oaxaca, Central Valleys of Oaxaca in the late 6th century BC. The three valleys were divided among three differently-sized societies, separated by "no-man's-land" in the middle. The Oaxaca, Oaxaca, city of Oaxaca much later developed in that area. Archaeolo ...
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