Early Formative Pottery of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
The Valley of Oaxaca lies in the southern highlands
of Mexico between 16°40′-17°20′ N and 96°15′-96°
55′ W. It is drained by two rivers—the upper Río Atoyac,
which flows from north to south, and its tributary the
Río Salado or Tlacolula, which flows westward to join
the Atoyac near the modem city of Oaxaca. The valley
is shaped like a “Y,” or three-pointed star, whose center
is Oaxaca City and whose southern limit is defined by
the Ayoquesco gorge, where the Atoyac River leaves
the valley on its way to the Pacific Ocean. The climate
is semiarid, with 500 to...
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