Site: Lambityeco Archaeological Ruin Site
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Location: 19 miles south east of Oaxaca City, Route 190
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Culture: Zapotec
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Area:
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Date: 300 AD 900AD
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Construction: Quarried stone, Faced stone, tomb, stone sculpture
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Population:
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Museum: No
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Fee: 30 Pesos
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Hours: 9:00 to 6:00
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Unusual Features: stone pyramidal building,Plaza, stone sculptures. Rain God Cociyo sculptures, Temescal baths
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Lambityeco Ruin, Oaxaca, Mexico
SoftSeatTravel
Lambityeco Ruin Site in Oaxaca Mexico is not far south of the modern City of Oaxaca and
can be reached by public bus or collective taxi by going south on Route 190 towards Mitla /Tlacolula. Ask
the driver to stop at the site.
realistic sculptures of former rulers.
This was once a salt manufacturing center; the area all around the preserved site has un-excavated
mounds indicating a large population at one time.
The preserved colonial and historic center of Oaxaca City offers a mix of accommodations
from luxury hotels, inns, B&Bs, posadas, and hostels from which a visit to Lambityeco and the other
Oaxacan Valley ruin sites is possible.
Jet flights to Oaxaca's modern airport put a ruins tour, a hiking and biking tour in the mountains, a
culinary tour in the city, or a ruins tour within easy reach for visitors on a travel vacation. Great
restaurants, reasonable car rentals, good bus service, and the proximity to Huatulco resort beaches and
the surfing beaches of Puerto Escondido, and many great archaeological ruin sites make Oaxaca a great
place for a vacation.
Lambityeco ruin in the
Valley of Oaxaca has some
unusual Features such as the
stone sculptures of the Rain
God Cociyo, the important
God of the Classic Period of
Oaxacan culture.
Lambityeco Ruin
site's other
Unusual
Feature: the use
of pot shards to
chink between
the stones in the
stone pyramidal
building and
platform in the
center of a
small,Plaza.
Lambityeco Ruin site's 's other Unusual
Features: the remnants of Temescal steam baths
Oaxaca Ruin Sites