The Zapotecs - Princes, Priests, and Peasants (The Civilisation of the American Indian Series, Vol. #143)

The Zapotecs, Or 'Cloud People', Lived in the southern highlands of central Mesoamerica, iOaxaca,from the late Preclassic period to the end of the Classic period (500 BCE - 900 CE). Their capital was first at Monte Albán and then at Mitla, they dominated the southern highlands, spoke a variation of the Oto-Zapotecan language, and profited from trade and cultural links with the Olmec, Teotihuacan and Maya civilization. Preface Contents 1 Oaxaca and the Zapotees 2 The Growth of the Zapotee Great Tradition 3 Cycles of Conquest: Political Relationships in the Valley of Oaxaca During the Post-Classic Stage 4 Princes, Priests, and Peasants: Patterns of Post-Classic Zapotec Culture and Society 5 Zapotec Elites and Peasants in New Spain 6 The Zapotecs in Modem Mexico Epilogue Zapotees, Indians, and Peasants Appendix Notes Bibliography Index