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El Zapotal
21.6111° N, -98.3867° E
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El Zapotal is a Totonac archaeological site located in the Ignacio de la Llave Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It contains the ruins of a Totonac city that flourished from 600 to 900 CE, during what archaeologists call the Classical Period.
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Site occupation
600–900 CE
Modern discovery
1971
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