The pre-Columbian city is situated atop an artificially-leveled mountain, which rises some 400 m (1312 ft) above the valley floor. Monte Albán was the capital of Late Preclassic/Early Classic regional Zapotec polity that dominated much of the Oaxacan highlands and participated in the overarching pan-Mesoamerican communication network. Evidence of of interaction with Teotihuacan has been identified at both sites.
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