[PAR] [TLE] Monte Albán [SEP] Monte Albán, likely originally called Danipaguache (Zapotec for sacred mountain of life), is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca (17.043° N, 96.767°W).  The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the Valley of Oaxaca where the latter's northern Etla, eastern Tlacolula, and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán (or Valle Grande) branches meet.  The present-day state capital Oaxaca City is located approximately 9 km east of Monte Albán. [PAR] [TLE] San José Mogote [SEP] San José Mogote is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Zapotec, a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in the region of what is now the Mexican state of Oaxaca.  A forerunner to the better-known Zapotec site of Monte Albán, San José Mogote was the largest and most important settlement in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Early and Middle Formative periods (ca. 1500-500 BCE) of Mesoamerican cultural development.
[PAR] [TLE] Monte Albán [ SEP ] Monte Albán , likely originally called Danipaguache ( Zapotec for sacred mountain of life ) , is a large pre - Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca ( 17.043 ° N , 96.767 ° W ) . The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the Valley of Oaxaca where the latter 's northern Etla , eastern Tlacolula , and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán ( or Valle Grande ) branches meet . The present - day state capital Oaxaca City is located approximately 9 km east of Monte Albán . [PAR] [TLE] San José Mogote [ SEP ] San José Mogote is a pre - Columbian archaeological site of the Zapotec , a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in the region of what is now the Mexican state of Oaxaca . A forerunner to the better - known Zapotec site of Monte Albán , San José Mogote was the largest and most important settlement in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Early and Middle Formative periods ( ca . 1500 - 500 BCE ) of Mesoamerican cultural development .
Which pre-Columbian archaeological site in Oaxaca is better-known but smaller than the archaeological site San José Mogote?
Which pre - Columbian archaeological site in Oaxaca is better - known but smaller than the archaeological site San José Mogote ?
Monte Albán
Monte Albán