mogote

The highest mountain in the province is the El Mogote at 970 metres above sea level.

The highest peak of the town is Cerro Mogote.

For the geological feature, see Mogote.

And San José Mogote had a mixture of both.

One of the oldest settlements was that of San José Mogote.

The largest community recognized in the Etla arm is San José Mogote.

Some or all of these factors are believed to have directly contributed to the social stratification at San José Mogote.

Once San José Mogote became a chiefdom, it began to use its authority to gain control over local communities.

On the slopes of a mogote, is found an incredible mural known as Mural de la Prehistoria.

By 700 BC the population of San José Mogote continued to increase.

San José Mogote, in Oaxaca, which features Olmec-style pottery.

Suchilquitecos also call their own hill, "El Mogote", or the Mound of the Old Lady.

It was contemporary of other important population centers such as San José Mogote at the Etla Valley.

Settlement at the site consists of a number of distinct households that form the basic social units at San José Mogote.

Cerro Tilcajete was the smallest of the three major secondary centers with Dainzú and El Mogote being larger.

San Jose Mogote is, like the larger Olmec site of La Venta, oriented 8 west of north.

The construction of a special men's meeting hall was found inside the boundaries of San José Mogote and was evidently rebuilt many times over the years.

Mogok Township (Mogote Township)

The scale of buildings and the materials imported to erect them clearly indicate that San José Mogote's leaders were able to control people in the surrounding countryside.

As part of the Ocotlán territory, Tilcajete first became subject to El Mogote around 200 BCE.

El Mogote is a small peninsula located off the city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Some of the first examples of great architecture in Mesoamerica were in this region, for example, the ceremonial center of San José Mogote.

San José Mogote is considered to be the oldest permanent agricultural villages in the Oaxaca Valley and probably the first settlement in the area to use pottery.

Other important settlements from the same time period include Tierras Largas, San José Mogote and Guadalupe, whose ceramics show Olmec influence.

San José Mogote was eventual overtaken by Monte Albán, the subsequent capital of the Zapotec empire, during the Late Preclassic.