Jewelled Platform, Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico
Jewelled Platform, or Plataforma Enjoyada, or Building A, a pyramid temple built c. 500 AD attached to the North Platform, at Monte Alban, ancient Zapotec capital founded 6th century BC, Oaxaca, Mexico. The platform has a Teotihuacan style staircase, was decorated with ornamental panels with stone discs, paint and stucco, and mica and obsidian were discovered here. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14166266
Media ID
48657948
Size
8268px x 5920px
(21.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
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Alban Jewelled Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Oaxaca Pre-columbian Pre-hispanic Precolumbian Prehispanic Pyramid Xoxocotlan Zapotec
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