Tututepec

Tututepec (Mixtec: Yucu Dzaa) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site. It is located in the lower Río Verde valley on the coast of Oaxaca. The city was the capital of a tributary Mixtec empire during the Late Postclassic period (ca. 12th to early 16th centuries). At its largest extent the site covered some 21.85 km2, and its political influence extended over an area of more than 25,000 km² of the neighbouring territory covering many towns and cultures.[1]

Today, the site is occupied by the contemporary settlement of Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

  1. ^ Joyce, Arthur A.; Workinger, Andrew G.; Hamann, Byron; Kroefges, Peter; Oland, Maxine; King, Stacie M. (2004-09-01). "Lord 8 Deer "Jaguar Claw" and the Land of the Sky: The Archaeology and History of Tututepec". Latin American Antiquity. 15 (3): 273–297. doi:10.2307/4141575. ISSN 1045-6635.