Mixtec civilization

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The Mixtec civilization was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture renowned for its sophisticated metallurgy, intricate codices, and powerful city-states in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Mixtec civilization canonical 24
Mixtec culture 4
Mixtec 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture
indigenous civilization of Mexico
pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization
alsoKnownAs Mixtec civilization
surface form: Mixteca civilization

Ñuu Savi civilization
archaeologicalSite Monte Albán
surface form: Monte Albán (late Mixtec occupation)
conqueredBy Spanish Empire
conquestCentury 16th century
cosmology sacred landscape of mountains and caves
culturalPractice ballgame
developedIn present-day Mexico
economyBasedOn agriculture
engagedIn long-distance trade
ethnonymOf Mixtec people
flourished Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica
governedBy dynastic rulers
heartland Mixteca Alta
Mixteca Baja
Mixteca de la Costa
heritageContinuesIn modern Mixtec communities of Guerrero
modern Mixtec communities of Oaxaca
modern Mixtec communities of Puebla
interactedWith Aztec Empire
Central Mexican polities
Zapotec civilization
knownFor complex genealogical histories
elaborate funerary offerings
fine jewelry
intricate codices
polychrome ceramics
powerful city-states
sophisticated metallurgy
turquoise mosaics
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
locatedIn Mesoamerica
mainCrops beans
maize
squash
majorCenter Coixtlahuaca
Tilantongo
Tututepec
Yucuñudahui
metalworkingSpecialty copper alloys
gold
silver
metalworkingTechnique filigree
inlay
lost-wax casting
mythology origin myths of the Rain People
notableWork Codex Becker I
Codex Bodley
Codex Selden
surface form: Codex Colombino

Codex Nuttall
Codex Selden
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I
politicalOrganization hereditary kingdoms
network of city-states
practiced ancestor veneration
ritual sacrifice
primaryRegion Guerrero
Oaxaca
Puebla
produced Mixtec pictographic script
surface form: Mixtec codices

genealogical histories of ruling dynasties
recorded alliances and wars in codices
religion polytheism
spoke Mixtec languages
timePeriod Classic period
Late Formative period
Postclassic period
traded feathers
jade
precious metals
turquoise
writingSystem Mixtec pictographic script

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Mesoamerica knownFor Mixtec civilization
Pre-Columbian era includesCivilization Mixtec civilization
Sierra Madre del Sur indigenousGroups Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixtec
Zapotec civilization influenced Mixtec civilization
Toltec civilization influenced Mixtec civilization
Mixtec civilization alsoKnownAs Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixteca civilization
Monte Albán culture Mixtec civilization
Oaxaca Hall focusesOnCulture Mixtec civilization
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica majorState Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixtec polities
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica archaeologicalCulture Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixtec culture
Calendar Round usedInCulture Mixtec civilization
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar usedBy Mixtec civilization
Ñuu Savi civilization alsoKnownAs Mixtec civilization
Codex Nuttall culture Mixtec civilization
Yucuñudahui culture Mixtec civilization
Codex Bodley culture Mixtec civilization
Mitla associatedWith Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixtec culture
Codex Selden culture Mixtec civilization
Codex Selden mainSubject Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixtec dynasties
Codex Becker I culture Mixtec civilization
Mixteca Baja coreAreaOf Mixtec civilization
Tilantongo partOf Mixtec civilization
Mixteca de la Costa historicallyInhabitedBy Mixtec civilization
Mixteca Alta coreRegionOf Mixtec civilization
Mixteca Alta culture Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixtec culture
Tututepec partOf Mixtec civilization
Region of Valles Centrales knownFor Mixtec civilization
this entity surface form: Mixtec culture
Coixtlahuaca partOf Mixtec civilization
Mesoamerican chronology includesCulture Mixtec civilization
Mesoamerican mythology associatedWith Mixtec civilization