Site: Lambityeco Archaeological Ruin
Site  
Location: 19 miles south east of Oaxaca
City,
Route 190  
Culture: Zapotec
 
Date: 300 AD 900AD
Construction: Quarried stone, Faced
stone, tomb, stone sculpture
 
Museum: No
Fee: 30 Pesos
Hours: 9:00 to 6:00
Unusual Features: stone pyramidal
building,Plaza, stone sculptures. Rain
God Cociyo sculptures, Temazcal baths
Lambityeco Ruin, Oaxaca, Mexico
Lambityeco Ruin Site in Oaxaca Mexico is not far south of the modern City of Oaxaca and can be reached by
public bus or collective taxi by going south on Route 190 towards Mitla /Tlacolula. Ask the driver to stop at the
site.
realistic sculptures of former rulers.
This was once a salt manufacturing center; the area all around the preserved site has un-excavated mounds
indicating a large population at one time.
The preserved colonial and historic center of Oaxaca City offers a mix of accommodations from luxury hotels,
inns, B&Bs,  posadas, and hostels from which a visit to Lambityeco and the other Oaxacan Valley ruin sites is
possible.
Jet flights to Oaxaca's modern airport put a ruins tour, a hiking and biking tour in the mountains, a culinary tour in
the city, or a ruins tour within easy reach for visitors on a travel vacation. Great restaurants, reasonable car
rentals, good bus service, and the proximity to Huatulco resort beaches and the surfing beaches of Puerto
Escondido, and many great archaeological ruin sites make Oaxaca a great place for a vacation.
Lambityeco ruin in the
Valley of Oaxaca has some
unusual Features such as the
stone sculptures of the Rain
God Cociyo, the important
God of the Classic Period of
Oaxacan culture.
Lambityeco Ruin
site's other
Unusual
Feature: the use
of pot shards to
chink between
the stones in the
stone pyramidal
building and
platform in the
center of a
small,Plaza.
Lambityeco Ruin site's
 other Unusual
Features: the
remnants of  Temescal
steam baths (
Temazcal)
Oaxaca Ruin Sites
Lambityeco Ruin, Oaxaca, Mexico is in the Valley of
Oaxaca.  Lambityeco has some unusual Features
such as the stone sculptures of the Rain God Cociyo,
the important God of the Classic Period of Oaxacan
Zapotec culture.
Lambityeco Ruin, Oaxaca, Mexico is in the Valley of Oaxaca.  Lambityeco has
some unusual Features such as the stone sculptures of the Rain God Cociyo, the
important God of the Classic Period of Oaxacan Zapotec culture.
Lambityeco was a salt making center.
Lambityeco Ruin in
Oaxaca Mexico shows
the use of pot shards to
chink between the
stones in buildings
16°   58'  18.7284" N
-96°  29'  31.992"W
Lambityeco Coordinates by
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16°   58'  18.7284" N
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