Mixtec

World History

(noun)

Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca, which covers parts of the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla.

Related Terms

  • diasporic
  • Tututepec
  • Codices
Art History

(proper noun)

A Mesoamerican people who lived in southern Mexico before the rise of the Aztecs.

Related Terms

  • logographic
  • codices
  • metallurgy
  • Mixtec Codices

Examples of Mixtec in the following topics:

  • The Mixtec

    • People still identify as Mixtec today.
    • This prominent leader was the only Mixtec king to ever unite the highland and lowland polities into a single Mixtec state.
    • There is no longer one single Mixtec language; some estimate that there are fifty distinct languages in the Mixtec family, including Cuicatec and Triqui.
    • However, religious sites were often reused by Mixtec elites.
    • Distinguish between the Mixtec people and the Mixtec language and identify when they were most prominent
  • Codices of the Mixtec

    • The Mixtecs were one of the most influential ethnic groups to emerge in Mesoamerica during the Post-Classic.
    • Later, during the Post-Classic, the Mixtecs slowly moved into adjacent valleys and then into the great Valley of Oaxaca.
    • They are also, however, the names of Mixtec nobles; among Mixtec nobles, a person's name is often his or her birthday.
    • Pre-Columbian Mixtec are mainly concerned with histories.
    • Mixtec codices were made of deerskin and folded like an accordion.
  • The Mixteca-Puebla Tradition

    • The Mixteca-Puelba tradition of artistry originates from the pre-Columbian Mixtec peoples from the region of Puebla, Mesoamerica.
    • The term Mixteca (or Mixtecs) comes from the Nahuatl word mixtecah, meaning "cloud people."
    • Evaluate the Mixteca-Puebla tradition of art as it relates to Mixtec arts and crafts.
  • Teotihuacan

    • Archaeological evidence suggests that Teotihuacan was a multi-ethnic city, with distinct quarters occupied by Otomi, Totonac, Zapotec, Mixtec, Maya, and Nahua peoples.
    • There is also evidence that at least some of the people living in Teotihuacan immigrated from those areas influenced by the Teotihuacano civilization, including the Zapotec, Mixtec, and Maya peoples.
  • The Zapotec

    • This writing system is thought to be one of the first writing systems of Mesoamerica and a predecessor of those developed by the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec civilizations.
  • Dates and Calendars

    • It shares many aspects with calendars employed by other earlier Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Zapotec and Olmec, and contemporary or later ones, such as the Mixtec and Aztec calendars.
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