Guiengola is estimated to span 360 hectares of land and is said to have contained more than 1,100 buildings, temples, and ballcourts.
he archaeological site of Guiengola in Oaxaca, Mexico, was once thought to be a fortress, just an outpost where soldiers were garrisoned. However, new research has found that it is now known to be overgrown ruins of a 15th-century Zapotec city.
Guiengola is estimated to span 360 hectares of land and is said to have contained more than 1,100 buildings, temples, and ballcourts, along with four kilometers’ (around 2.5 miles) worth of defense walls and an internal network of roads.McGill University researcher Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis made the discovery, which radically alters assumptions made about the function of the site, as well as shifting understanding of Guiengola toward a highly sophisticated urban center featuring clear divisions between elite and common neighborhoods.
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