Mixtec people
Sign in to savethumb|260px|Turquoise mosaic mask. Mixtec-Aztec, 1400–1521 AD
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- MixtecÑuù savi
- Ethnic group.image
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- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Above: Dancing the '' in Oaxaca. Below: Mixtec king and warlord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (right) Meeting with Four Jaguar, in a depiction from the pre-Columbian Codex Zouche-Nuttall.''
- Ethnic group.population
- Approximately 830,000
- Ethnic group.popplace
- (Oaxaca, Puebla, Guerrero, Chiapas)
- Ethnic group.langs
- Mixtec, Spanish
- Ethnic group.rels
- Roman Catholicism with elements of traditional beliefs
- Ethnic group.related
- Zapotecs, Trique
- Ethnonym.people
- Mixtecñuù savi, nayívi savi,ñuù davi, nayivi davi
- Ethnonym.language
- Mixtecsa'an davi, da'an davi, tu'un savi,..
- Ethnonym.country
- MixtecaÑuu Savi, Ñuu Djau, Ñuu Davi,..
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature and etymology
- Overview
- Mixtecs in the colonial era
- Geography
- Mixtec rulers
- Language, codices, and artwork
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|260px|Turquoise mosaic mask. Mixtec-Aztec, 1400–1521 AD
The Mixtecs ( ) or Mixtecos ( from Nahuatl ; Mixtec: ñuudzahui 'people of Dzahui') are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerrero. The Mixtec culture was the main Mixtec civilization, which lasted from around 1500 BCE until being conquered by the Spanish in 1523.