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Fortress Discovered by LiDAR Turns Out to be Lost Zapotec Center with Temples and Ball Courts

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A recent LiDAR survey in southern Mexico has revealed that a known site of pre-Colombian fortifications was actually a thriving urban center of 5,000 people or more.

The site of Guiengola in the hills above the modern town of Santo Domingo Tehuantepac is now understood to contain ballcourts, roads, temples, and neighborhoods.

An early Spanish chronicle testifies to the site’s use as a fortification by the Zapotecs in a conflict with the Mexica .

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