Mixtec

(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

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
  • 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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