Yucuita

It was founded by the Mixtec civilization in the pre-Classic Period as a small village dedicated to agriculture and obsidian.

Although the precolumbian Mixtecs were not characterized by monumental architecture, in Yucuita there are two architectonic complexes that have been the object of numerous investigations since the 1930s, when Esteban Avendaño explored the zone (1933).

[2] The most recent excavations at the site were in 1976-80 by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).

The platform supports the remains of living quarters set around a central patio.

Near the stairway is a narrow tunnel roughly 60 m (200 ft) in length, which served for drainage and as a passageway.