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ID: 7032768
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032768

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of San José Mogote (deserted settlement)  San José Mogote (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 10 03 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.1670  decimal degrees
Long: 096 48 12 W  degrees minutes   Long: -96.8030  decimal degrees

Note: Found at the spur of the Oaxaca piedmont. The site is over 3500 years old, site of the Zapotec people, one of the first societies to build cities with public buildings, important urban centers, and a written script of hieroglyphics.

Names:
San José Mogote (preferred,C,V,S)
San Jose el Mogote (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mexico (nation)  ........  Mexico (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Oaxaca (state)  ............  Oaxaca (state) (P)
Hierarchy of San José Mogote (deserted settlement)  ................  San José Mogote (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
Zapotec (H)

Sources and Contributors:
San Jose el Mogote..........  [VP]
...................................  Minnesota State University at Mankato online (2000-)
San José Mogote..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.............................  Kelly and Kelly, Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico (2001) 206-208
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Kelly and Kelly, Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico (2001) 206-208
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Minnesota State University at Mankato online (2000-)

 

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