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	ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES - MONTE ALBAN
		Monte Albán commands sweeping views of all three arms of the Valley of Oaxaca -- the Etla Valley to the north, the Tlacolula Valley to the east and the Zimatlán-Ocotlán Valley to the south as well as neighboring hills Atzompa and El Gallo to the north -- sites of settlement contemporaneous with Monte Albán.
		The history of Monte Albán and its role in the development of social complexity in the Valley of Oaxaca is most naturally discussed in terms of the phases identified in the regional chronology for the Valley.
		Monte Albán II (200 B.C. phase, the site begins to assume something of the appearance it presents today while the state is heads recovers from a “population boom” and engages in military and commercial ventures in neighboring areas.
	www.mines.edu /fs_home/jsneed/courses/LISS.380-83/LISS.381/resources/sites/monte_alban/index.shtml (452 words)

	Monte Alban
		Monte Alban Period 1 (650 BC to 200 BC) is known to have had stone buildings, permanent temples, priests, and an organized religion.
		Monte Alban Period 2 (200 BC to 1 AD) is characterized by an influx of a group of people from Chiapas or Guatemala who were smaller in numbers, but introduced changes as they merged with the resident population.
		Monte Alban Period 4 (800 AD To Spaniards) is the beginning of the decline of Monte Alban as a major power base in the area.
	www.advantagemexico.com /oaxaca/monte_alban.html (915 words)

	Monte Albán - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monte Albán is a large archaeological site in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, located at 17.02° N 96.45° W, elevation 1941 meters.
		Monte Albán was built over a period of over 2,000 years, starting about 900 BCE, by the Zapotec people.
		The Mixtec made further additions to Monte Albán until they in turn were conquered by the Spanish Conquistadores in 1521, at which time Monte Albán was abandoned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monte_Alban (586 words)

	Ancient Latin America
		Monte Alban, formerly called Danibaan (sacred mountain), was built around 500 B.C. and occupied until 900 A.D. The ceremonial city was planned and built for a defensive situation.
		Monte Alban's last occupants, the Zapotec were forced out, probably due to the aggressions of the Aztec.
		Monte Alban is famous for its attempt at basic calendars.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/archaeology/sites/meso_america/montealban.html (553 words)

	Monte Alban
		Monte Alban itself is 40 square kilometers, but the most impressive ruins are the nine main buildings located in the center of the great plaza.
		Monte Alban, the ancient capital of the Zapotecs, was believed to be built by the Zapotecs as early as 500 B.C., and was one of the first cities in Mesoamerica.
		Monte Alban was believed to be inhabited by the Mixtec, Olmec, and Aztec cultures as well as the Zapotecs.
	fozzy.wvstateu.edu /academics/dept/sociology/oaxaca2/monte_alban.htm (517 words)

	The Mysterious Rise and Decline of Monte Alban
		Monte Alban was the result of remote as well as local forces.
		Monte Alban served as the base of a military league or confederation, not a tightly centralized government but a union by consent and for expediency's sake.
		Scattered throughout Monte Alban were the palaces of the ruling class, as well as markets provid- ing everything from fruits gathered in lowland tropical forests in the southeast, obsidian for tools and ornaments, and colorful fabrics to the perennial tortillas and tamales and fried beans.
	www.indigenouspeople.net /montalban.htm (3364 words)

	Monte Alban
		The city of Monte Alban covered an area of 20 square kilometers of high land located at the junction of the Atoyac and Salado river valleys.
		Monte Alban was the ancient capital of the Zapotecs and one of the first cities in Mesoamerica.
		The court at Monte Alban does not however, have the great loops of stone high on the middle of the slanting walls which are found in other regions.
	catterall.net /oaxaca/montealban.html (651 words)

	AllRefer.com - Monte AlbAn (Mesoamerican Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia
		Monte AlbAn[mOn´tA AlbAn´] Pronunciation Key, ancient city, c.7 mi (11.3 km) from Oaxaca, SW Mexico, capital of the Zapotec.
		Monte AlbAn was built on an artificially leveled, rocky promontory above the Valley of Oaxaca.
		The final epoch (c.1300–1521), terminated by the Spanish Conquest, covers the ascendancy of the Mixtec, when the Zapotec were driven from Monte AlbAn and Mitla.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MonteAlb.html (294 words)

	MONTE ALBAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Monte Alban is located in the present state of Oaxaca, Mexico, just outside of Oaxaca City.
		Monte Alban emerged as the center of political authority in the Valley of Oaxaca around 400 B.C., because it commanded the best terrain in the valley for agriculture and dense settlement.
		The collapse of Monte Alban is suggested to be linked with the collapse of Teotihucan, perhaps due to loss of an important trading partner.
	www.sfu.ca /archaeology/museum/laarch/tour/monte/monte1.html (258 words)

	Monte Alban, Mexico
		In the Monte Albán II period (200 bc-ad 100) the pre-Classical influence of the Maya from the south became evident.
		Monte Albán appears to have continued only to serve as a burial site for the Zapotecs and later primarily for the Mixtecs.
		Cascading "symphony of staircases" at the ruins of Monte Albán.
	www.planetware.com /oaxaca/monte-alban-mex-oax-ma.htm (645 words)

	Monte Albán (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Monte Albán began to emerge as a regional center sometime around 500 B.C. It's function seems to have been to unite the people of the three valley regions.
		The different levels are symbolic of the levels of deity and authority and were scaled by the priests or rulers.
		Many of the carving on display on the grounds of Monte Albán are reproductions of the originals.
	www.tomzap.com /MonteAlban.html (197 words)

	Go-Oaxaca \| Monte Alban Archaeological Site
		Monte Albán is remarkable for its beautiful architecture, stone carvings, and gray clay urns.
		In the second, Monte Albán flourished for a time in the wake of Teotihuacan´s decline and up to around 800 A.D. Throughout this subphase the Zapotecs built new units over previous ones, and most are those buildings we can tour today.
		In the fifth and last phase, known as Monte Albán V (1325-1521 A.D.), the valley was invaded by Mixtecs who settled in neighboring locations such as Zaachila and Xoxocotlán.
	www.go-oaxaca.com /sights/montealban.html (446 words)

	Mexican jewelry shop from Montealban, Oaxaca. Earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings.
		At the Monte Alban site, tomb numer 7 is the farthest west temple mound and from the west side of mound J a carved stone slab with a diving priest or deity.
		Monte Alban was founded around the year 700 B.C. and quickly became an important religious and cultural center.
		They used Monte Alban as a religious city and this is shown in the "Tomb 7" discovered by Mr.
	www.orodemontealban.com (3163 words)

	Monte Alban, Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is said to have been built by the Zapotecs as a 'capital' city to govern the area, hence its position and elevation.
		Of course, there were no natural water supplies, so that the effort required to level the site and move stone up the mountainsides must have been immense.
		Monte Albán was founded around 700BC, when population growth in the area was sufficient to support a religious élite.
	www.differentworld.com /mexico/places/monte_alban/monte_alban.htm (700 words)

	Export Brochure: Monte Alban Mezcal
		Monte Alban has great complexity with an earthy array of flavors.
		Exclusively produced in the Oaxaca region of Mexico, Monte Alban is double-distilled using a unique process developed by the Aztecs over 500 years ago.
		Monte Alban has a pale straw hue and pungent spice, wood and mineral aromas.
	www.bartonbrands.com /export/montealban.html (103 words)

	Monte Alban
		Monte Alban is a large and very old ceremonial center located on a hilltop in the center of the Valley of Oaxaca in the southern Mexican highlands, and 9 kilometers west of the modern city of Oaxaca.
		Monte Alban II, from about 200 BC-250 AD, continued much of this work, and the arrowhead-shaped Observatory structure, Building J, was built at the south end of the Gran Plaza.
		Monte Alban III, from 250-750 AD was the culmination of development at the site, and the population reached about 25.000.
	www.shawnk.com /mexico/monte.htm (898 words)

	Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger. Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Monte Albán, ruined center of the Zapotec civilization of Mexico, located on a high ridge overlooking the Oaxaca Valley, about 11 km (about 7 mi) from Oaxaca de Juárez.
		Monte Albán flourished for more than a millennium, from about 500 BC to AD 750.
		Monte Albán was one of the first pre-Columbian settlements to qualify as a true city, characterized by a large population and densely built urban environment.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /monte_alban.htm (239 words)

	Monte Alban - Oaxaca, Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At its zenith in 300 AD, Monte Albán borrowed architectural ideas from Teotihuacán and dominated the cultural, religious, and economic life of the region.
		Monte Albán declined in later years and by 800 AD was largely abandoned.
		It is the earliest surviving structure at Monte Albán.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /mexico/oaxaca-monte-alban.htm (1280 words)

	ART 347L--Monte Albán
		One of the most striking characteristics of the art of Monte Albán IIIa is the representation of Teotihuacanos on monuments at Monte Albán.
		Teotihuacan influence during this time period also can be seen in the presence of imported ceramics from the Valley of Mexico and local ceramics done in a Teotihuacan style.
		By AD 700, Monte Albán was in decline, and a new type of stone monument made its appearance in the region.
	www.utexas.edu /cofa/a_ah/dir/precol/monte_alban.htm (807 words)

	Monte Albán: The Zapotecs aligned their architecture with the cosmos to create a meeting point between heaven ...
		Monte Albán: The Zapotecs aligned their architecture with the cosmos to create a meeting point between heaven and earth
		Monte Albán was the epicenter of their culture and a place of divine worship.
		While most village centers emerge out of the activities of their residents, Monte Albán distinguishes itself by having been designed by architects who, starting from this forest wilderness, first leveled the mountaintop and began building this city in the clouds.
	www.monte-alban.com (619 words)

	FAMSI - John Pohl's Mesoamerica - Monte Alban
		MONTE ALBÁN (circa 500 B.C.- A.D. Monte Albán is located at the summit of a 1300 foot high mountain that was leveled over hundreds of years for the construction of a ceremonial and civic center that ultimately covered some 25 square miles.
		Monte Albán's kings were thereby able to transform distant regions into rich tribute paying provinces ultimately controlling much of the state of Oaxaca and beyond.
		By Monte Albán III, faces became stark, expressionless, and overshadowed by towering headdresses of feathers and monstrous masks.
	www.famsi.org /research/pohl/sites/montealban.html (585 words)

	Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Oaxaca Mexico Travel And Tour Pictures And Photos
		Monte Alban is built at the junction of three broad valleys, across from the Atoyac stream, lays a series of large hills.
		Monte Alban was first occupied in about 500 B.C. and it was inhabited until about 850 A.D. when it bacame slowly abandoned.
		The entire city of Monte Alban is laid out on a NS and EW Alignment except for Building J which is an arrow shaped structure probably laid out with astronomical alignments.
	www.delange.org /MonteAlban/MonteAlban.htm (540 words)

	Monte Alban Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Monte Alban is a hill-top site, centrally located within the valley of Oaxaca.
		The Ball Court at Monte Alban is in the shape of a capital "I", and possesses no rings.
		Monte Alban had its beginnings in the Formative Period of Mesoamerican prehistory.
	eric.tcs.tulane.edu /~dhixson/montealban/montealban.html (608 words)

	Monte Alban \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Residents of the valley floor gradually moved to a hill where Monte Albán was established, commanding views of the entire valley.
		A great plaza was cleared and structures built on its periphery, with an enormous defensive wall around the northern and western sides of the hill.
		Monte Albán grew in size and stature and by 200 A.D. the Main Plaza had been cleared to its largest size.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/alban/hd_alban.htm (253 words)

	History of Meso-American Architecture : Monte Alban No.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Monte Alban is the placement of its ceremonical center, on a mountain crest commanding three valleys from an average altitude of 400m.
		The architecture of the Monte Alban was under the influence of Teotihuacan and Mayan architecture in Early Clasic Period.
		The influence of the Teotihuacan is found in the Talud-Tablero Style, the influence of the Mayan architecture is the existence of the ball court.
	web.kyoto-inet.or.jp /org/orion/eng/hst/maya/montealban.html (220 words)

	Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico
		Five miles to the west of Oaxaca City lie the spectacular Monte Alban ruins, perched on a mountaintop high above the surrounding valleys.
		On the day we visited Monte Alban and took these pictures, it was the end of the rainy season, and we found the greenness of the surrounding hills and valleys and the archeological site itself extremely pleasant.
		These reliefs are thought to illustrate those who lived and died in Monte Alban, including captives, warriors, the sick and deformed and the dead.
	www.surf-mexico.com /states/Oaxaca/monte_alban.htm (379 words)

	Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Zapotec Capital
		Founded approximately in 500 B.C., it was built to serve as a capital for the Zapotec tribe who add settled in the three surrounding valleys for a few centuries.
		The main square of Monte Albán, called the Grand Plaza was the heart of the city, and the site of its huge marketplace surrounded by its civic and ceremonial buildings.
		Some of the best examples of Monte Alban's bas-relief sculptures were found in the southwest corner of the main plaza.
	www.mexicodoc.com /oaxaca/cult_ma.html (682 words)

	Mesoamerican ballgame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ballcourts are found in most sizable Mesoamerican ruins, although in some areas they are conspicuously absent.
		Ancient cities with particularly fine ballcourts in good condition include Copán, Iximche, Monte Albán, Uxmal, and Zaculeu; the grandest ancient ballcourt of all is at Chichen Itza, measuring 166 by 68 metres.
		Strangely, a ball court has not been found in the ruins at Teotihuacan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame (1401 words)

	Guide to Monte Alban Archaeology Park
		Monte Alban: Perched between two lush valleys, which had inhabitants as far back as 2000 BC, is Monte Alban (meaning White Mountain).
		Your experience of Monte Alban should start at La Gran Plaza (Great Plaza), which is about 60,000 square meters in size and marks the centre of Monte Alban.
		Monte Alban is located just 6 miles outside of Oaxaca and can be reached by car or by local bus or a guided tour.
	www.mexperience.com /guide/archaeology/montealban.htm (644 words)

	Monte Alban
		Monte Alban is a ruins site situated outside of Oaxaca City.
		Monte Alban means white mountain, it was named so due to the white flowering trees that grow in the area.
		The court was covered in stucco and the scoring point of the court was located in the corners of the square.
	wild-net.com.au /mexico/html/monte_alban.phtml (234 words)

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