Mixtec people

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The Mixtec people are an Indigenous Mesoamerican group of southern Mexico known for their rich pre-Columbian civilization, intricate codices, metalwork, and enduring cultural traditions and languages.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mixtec people canonical 24
Mixtec 4
Mixtecs 4

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Mesoamerican people
ethnic group
archaeologicalRegion Mixteca Alta
Mixteca Baja
Mixteca de la Costa
capitalOrMajorCenter Coixtlahuaca
Tilantongo
Tututepec
Yucuñudahui
colonialStatus subject of Viceroyalty of New Spain
conqueredBy Aztec Empire
Spanish Empire
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalArea Oaxaca highlands
surface form: Oaxaca cultural region
hasSubgroup Mixtec diaspora in the United States
historicalPeriod Pre-Columbian era
historicalRuler Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw
surface form: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw
knownFor agricultural terracing
codices
complex pictographic writing
elaborate genealogies in codices
goldsmithing
indigenous customary law
metalwork
murals
polychrome ceramics
traditional textiles
language Mixtec languages
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
nativeName Ñuu Dzahui
Ñuu Savi
partOf indigenous peoples of Mexico
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Mexico

Mesoamerican civilizations
primaryRegion Guerrero
Oaxaca
Puebla
relatedEthnicGroup Amuzgo people
Triqui people
Zapotec people
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
traditionalEconomy bean cultivation
craft production
long-distance trade
maize agriculture
squash cultivation
traditionalReligion Mixtec religion
uses Mixtec codices
writingSystem Mixtec pictographic script
surface form: Mixtec script

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

Mixtec civilization ethnonymOf Mixtec people
Oaxaca hasIndigenousGroup Mixtec people
Guerrero hasIndigenousGroup Mixtec people
this entity surface form: Mixtec
southern Mexico hasEthnicGroup Mixtec people
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Zapotec neighboringCulture Mixtec people
this entity surface form: Mixtec
Roma language Mixtec people
subject surface form: Roma (2018 film)
this entity surface form: Mixtec
indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Mixtec people
subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
this entity surface form: Mixtec
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica dominantEthnicGroup Mixtec people
this entity surface form: Mixtecs
Oaxaca Valley indigenousGroup Mixtec people
Zapotec people relatedEthnicGroup Mixtec people
Ñuu Savi civilization alsoKnownAs Mixtec people
this entity surface form: Mixtecs
Mixtec pictographic script usedBy Mixtec people
Mixtec languages spokenBy Mixtec people
Mixtec languages hasEthnicity Mixtec people
Yucuñudahui associatedWith Mixtec people
Codex Bodley associatedPeople Mixtec people
this entity surface form: Mixtec nobility
Mixteca Baja indigenousPeople Mixtec people
Tilantongo preColumbianPeople Mixtec people
this entity surface form: Mixtecs
Mixteca de la Costa inhabitedBy Mixtec people
Mixteca Alta ethnicGroup Mixtec people
Tututepec associatedPeople Mixtec people
Chatino people relatedEthnicGroup Mixtec people
Guelaguetza associatedWithEthnicGroup Mixtec people
Region of Sierra Sur hasEthnicGroup Mixtec people
Triqui people neighboringGroup Mixtec people
Costa Chica of Oaxaca ethnicGroup Mixtec people
Amuzgo people neighboringPeoples Mixtec people
Chontal of Oaxaca neighboringGroups Mixtec people
this entity surface form: Mixtecs
Oaxaca state hasEthnicGroup Mixtec people
subject surface form: Oaxaca (state)