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Yagul
Yagul
is an
archaeological site
and former
city-state
associated with the
Zapotec civilization
of
pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica
, located in the
Mexican state
of
Oaxaca
. The site was declared one of the country's four
Natural Monument
s on 13 October 1998. The site is also known locally as
Pueblo Viejo
(Old Village) and was occupied at the time of the
Spanish Conquest
. After the Conquest the population was relocated to the nearby modern town of
Tlacolula
where their descendants still live.
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