Mixteca Alta

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historical region mountainous region

Mixteca Alta is a mountainous region in present-day Oaxaca, Mexico, that served as the core cultural and political area of the pre-Columbian Mixtec people.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mixteca Alta canonical 8
Mixteca Alta region 2
Mixteca region of Oaxaca 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
climate semi-arid in many areas ⓘ
colonialInfluence Spanish Empire ⓘ
coreRegionOf Mixtec civilization ⓘ
pre-Columbian Mixtec people ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Mixtec civilization ⓘ
surface form: Mixtec culture
currentAdministrativeDivision State of Oaxaca ⓘ
economy beans cultivation ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
elevation highland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mixtec people ⓘ
hasImportantSite Achiutla ⓘ
Tilantongo ⓘ
Tututepec ⓘ
Yanhuitlán ⓘ
hasIssue land degradation ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
hasTerrain deep valleys ⓘ
high plateaus ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
historicalPeriod Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Pre-Columbian era ⓘ
surface form: pre-Columbian era
knownFor Mixtec codices ⓘ
indigenous Mixtec communities ⓘ
pre-Columbian archaeology ⓘ
terraced farming ⓘ
traditional agriculture ⓘ
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
locatedIn Oaxaca ⓘ
Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
migrationPattern high out-migration to other parts of Mexico ⓘ
high out-migration to the United States ⓘ
neighboringRegion Mixteca Baja ⓘ
Mixteca de la Costa ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerica ⓘ
Mixteca region ⓘ
preColumbianPoliticalStructure city-states ⓘ
small kingdoms ⓘ
religion syncretic Catholic and indigenous beliefs ⓘ
traditionalCraft pottery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Mixtec languages ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mixtec civilization → heartland → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Oaxaca → partOfCountrySubdivision → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Region of Mixteca
State of Oaxaca → hasRegion → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mixteca region
Amuzgo → region → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mixteca region of Oaxaca
Ñuu Savi civilization → culturalRegion → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Codex Nuttall → originatesFrom → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Codex Selden → associatedWith → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mixteca Alta region
Mixteca Baja → hasSubregion → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Mixteca Baja → borderedBy → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Mixteca Baja → culturalContinuityWith → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Tilantongo → locatedIn → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mixteca Alta region
Tilantongo → subregion → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mixteca region of Oaxaca
Coixtlahuaca → locatedIn → Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Mixtec people → archaeologicalRegion → Mixteca Alta ⓘ