Ancient palace complex discovered in Mexican Valley of Oaxaca
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

(Phys.org)-A pair of archaeologists with the American Museum of Natural History has unearthed a palatial compound in El Palenque`s plaza in the Oaxaca Valley in Mexico. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Elsa Redmond and Charles Spencer describe their work, what they have uncovered and how their findings fit with the emergence of organized states in Mesoamerica.