Mixtec people

Also known as Mixteca

thumb|260px|Turquoise mosaic mask. Mixtec-Aztec, 1400–1521 AD

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: MixtecÑuù savi
Ethnic group.image: 235px 235px
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,..

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections

Contents

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.

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