Archaeological sites Tour and Red Pottery

Get further off the beaten track and go deeper into Zapotec history at exceptional, yet lesser-visited, archaeological sites in the Tlacolula area: Yagul, Lambityeco, and Dainzu. We’ll also visit the women makers of traditional red pottery at San Marcos Tlapazola. Yagul is an important site because in its surroundings rock shelters have been found with vestiges of cave paintings from nomadic groups, probably gatherers and hunters who were the first settlers in the Oaxaca Valley. You will visit Dainzú archeological site, this place was very important because the pre-Hispanic settlement occupied it as a ceremonial civic center and possibly Danush Hill itself served as a sacred space. San Marcos Tlapazola is a small rural community that is dedicated to the production of clay. The clay of this town is particular due to its terracotta style with different intensities of red color. In this place you will visit a red clay craft workshop, you will see the process of making different crafts with red clay.

Pick up at your hotel Transfer to the Yagul archaeological site We have time to walk and see the site, its importance is also characterized because it is one of the sites where the original flora and fauna can still be observed. Transfer to the Dainzu archaeological site We have time to walk and see the site. We will visit San Marcos Tlapazola adn we have time to see Red Pottery Time to have the lunch Transfer to return to your hotel