Flood Stories from Around the World
Mixtec (northern Oaxaca, Mexico):The earth was once well populated, when mankind committed a magical fault for which they were punished by a great deluge.
Zapotec (Oaxaca, southern Mexico):The Angel Gabriel warned Noéh that a flood was coming because of mankind's sins.
Trique (Oaxaca, southern Mexico):Nexquiriac sent down a great flood to punish mankind for its very wicked ways.
Guilá Naquitz Cave, Mexico
Location: Oaxaca Valley, Mexico [coordinates n="17.0078" e="-96.7244" z="6"]
Guilá Naquitz Cave is an archaeological site located in the Oaxaca Valley in southern Mexico.
The discovery of charred squash seeds and pollen also provided crucial data on the climatic and environmental conditions of the Oaxaca Valley during this time.
This cave provides a rare glimpse into the early adaptive strategies of hunter-gatherers transitioning into settled agricultural communities in the Oaxaca Valley, marking it as an important site for understanding the origins of human agriculture and society in the Americas.
Oaxaca
Most of what is known about prehistoric Oaxaca comes from work in the Central Valleys region.
Guilá Naquitz Cave, located in present-day Oaxaca, Mexico [coordinates n="17.0320" e="-96.6585" z="6"], is one of the most important archaeological sites in Mesoamerica.
The Legend of Votan
West: Oaxaca and Veracruz
Altea Region
The Brotherhood of Light played a vital role in the Altea Region, using it as a base for connecting energy networks with sacred sites like Chichen-Itza, Palenque, and Oaxaca.