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San José Mogote
San José Mogote is an archaeological site in the Etla arm of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, the largest and most important village of the valley between about 1500 and 500 BCE. It has some of the earliest public buildings and carved monuments in Mesoamerica, including a stone showing a sacrificed captive with an early calendar glyph. Around 500 BCE much of its population probably moved to found Monte Albán.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). San José Mogote. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/san-jose-mogote
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘San José Mogote’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/san-jose-mogote (Accessed: ).
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