El Palmillo is aMesoamericanClassic Periodarchaeological site located in theValley of Oaxaca,[1] associated with thepre-ColumbianZapotec civilization which was centered in the valley and the surrounding highlands of the present-day state ofOaxaca,Mexico. Located on a hilltop in the easternTlacolula arm of the valley, El Palmillo is just to the south of the pre-Columbian site ofMitla and to the east of the major Zapotec regional center,Monte Albán.
A major excavation at the site has been ongoing since 1999, led by Dr. Gary Feinman and Linda Nicholas of theField Museum of Natural History.
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