Mixtec

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.