The name Dainzú comes from the Zapotec words "danni", meaning mount or hill and "zu", which is Zapotec for Cactus. Therefore, Dainzú means "Hill of the Cactus". The site was explored for the first time in 1965 by Mexican Archaeologist Ignacio Bernal, who found evidence of occupation from 750 BC until 1,000 AD. The most interesting point is a stone bas-relief gallery portraying ball players dressed in Pre-Hispanic garments, involved in violent activity. Four figures that are probably the Gods of Fire are another sight worth seeing.