Mixtec
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Mixtec, Spanish | |
Religion | |
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Roman Catholicism with elements of traditional beliefs | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Zapotecs, Trique |
People | Mixtec ñuù savi, nayívi savi, ñuù davi, nayivi davi |
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Language | Mixtec sa'an davi, da'an davi, tu'un savi,.. |
Country | Mixteca Ñuu Savi, Ñuu Djau, Ñuu Davi,.. |
The Mixtecs (/ˈmiːstɛks, ˈmiːʃtɛks/),[3] or Mixtecos, 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 BC until being conquered by the Spanish in 1523.
The Mixtec region is generally divided into three subregions based on geography: the
In pre-Columbian times, some Mixtec kingdoms competed and allied with each other and with Zapotec kingdoms in the Central Valleys. Like the rest of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, the Mixtecs were conquered by the Spanish invaders and their indigenous allies in the 16th century. Pre-Columbian Mixtecs numbered around 1.5 million.[7] Today there are approximately 800,000 Mixtec people in Mexico, and there are also large populations in the United States. The Mixtec languages form a major branch of the Oto-Manguean language family.
Nomenclature and etymology
The term Mixtec (Mixteco in Spanish) comes from the Nahuatl word mixtecah [miʃˈtekaʔ], "cloud people". There are many names that the Mixtecs have for naming themselves: ñuù savi, nayívi savi, ñuù davi, nayivi davi.[pronunciation?] etc. All these denominations can be translated as 'the land of the rain'.[8] The historic homeland of Mixtec people is La Mixteca, called in Mixtec language Ñuu Savi,[pronunciation?] Ñuu Djau,[pronunciation?] Ñuu Davi,[pronunciation?] etc., depending on the local variant. They call their language sa'an davi,[pronunciation?] da'an davi[pronunciation?] or tu'un savi.[pronunciation?]
Overview
In
According to West, "the Mixtec of Oaxaca...were the foremost goldsmiths of Mesoamerica," which included the "lost-wax casting of gold and its alloys."[9]
At the height of the Aztec Empire, many Mixtecs paid tribute to the Aztecs, but not all Mixtec towns became vassals. They put up resistance to Spanish rule until they were subdued by the Spanish and their central Mexican allies led by Pedro de Alvarado.
Mixtecs have migrated to various parts of both Mexico and the United States. In recent years a large exodus of indigenous peoples from Oaxaca, such as the
Mixtecs in the colonial era
There is considerable documentation in the Mixtec (Ñudzahui) native language for the colonial era, which has been studied as part of the New Philology. Mixtec documentation indicates parallels between many indigenous social and political structures with those in the Nahua areas, but published research on the Mixtecs does not primarily focus on economic matters. There is considerable Mixtec documentation for land issues, but sparse for market activity, perhaps because indigenous cabildos did not regulate commerce or mediate economic disputes except for land.[11] Long-distance trade existed in the prehispanic era and continued in indigenous hands in the early colonial. In the second half of the colonial period, there were bilingual Mixtec merchants, dealing in both Spanish and indigenous goods, who operated regionally. However, in the Mixteca “by the eighteenth century, commerce was dominated by Spaniards in all but the most local venues of exchange, involving the sale of agricultural commodities and indigenous crafts or the resale of imported goods.”.[12]
Despite the development of a local exchange economy, many Spaniards with economic interests in Oaxaca, including “[s]ome of the Mixteca priests, merchants, and landowners maintained permanent residence in Puebla, and labor for the obrajes (textile workshops) of the city of Puebla in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was sometimes recruited from peasant villages in the Mixteca."[13] There is evidence of community litigation against Mixtec caciques who leased land to Spaniards and the growth of individually contracted wage labor. Mixtec documentation from the late eighteenth century indicates that "most caciques were simply well-to-do investors in Spanish-style enterprises"; some married non-Indians; and in the late colonial era had little claim to hereditary authority.[14]
Geography
The Mixtec area, both historically and currently, corresponds roughly to the western half of the state of
An ancient
Mixtec rulers
- The names of the rulers are composed by the day of the birth + nickname;
- For the sake of a simpler list, minor settlements will be joined with major ones if there are family connections between their rulers;
- Some Zapotec/Toltec kingdoms are included here, because of the many marital connections between the Mixtec and Zapotec royal lineages;
- The dynasty never breaks while a member of the family rules: the line goes through women if they ruled as queen regnants. However, if a son inherits the different kingdoms of the two reigning parents, the paternal line will be favoured.
- A family tree of some of the rulers is available in this link.
In Mixteca Costa
Acatepec, Yucu Yoo
- 1090-1097: Lady 6 Monkey War Quexquemitl (usurper, deposed),
- Sub-rulers Lord 3 Aligator and Lord 1 Movement
- 1097-1115: Lord 8 Deer Jaguar Claw (usurper)
Tututepec, Yucu Dzaa
- ?: Nizainzo Huidzo
- c.357: Mzatzin
- 1084-1097: Lord 8 Deer Jaguar Claw (usurper)
- to Tilantongo
Zacatepec, Yucu Chatuta
- 1120-?: Lord 11 Jaguar Tlaloc Fire Wall
In Mixteca Alta
Achiutla, Ñuu Ndecu
Pedernales-Achiutla dynasty
- ?: Lord 11 Flower Cloud Xicolli, with Lady 13 Wind Cloud Hair (siblings and spouses, children of Lord 4 Wind, King of Nuu Yuchi)
- ?: Lord 10 Aligator Digging Stick (father-in-law of Lord 2 Wind, King of Tlaxiaco)
- ?: Lord 8 Wind Smoked Claw (brother-in-law of Lord 12 Deer, King of Tlaxiaco)
- ?: Lord 7 Movement Blood Shedding Rain (son-in-law of 11 Wind, King of Tlaxiaco)
- ?: Lord 9 Wind Sun Fire Serpent
- ?: Lord 10 Aligator Jaguar with Claws like Flints (son of the previous)
Water Rubber Ball (Chacahua? Manialtepec?)
- ?: Lord 9 Serpent (deposed)
- ?-1115: Lord 8 Deer Jaguar Claw (usurper)
Andua
- c.887: Lord 12 Vulture Golden Eagle
- ?: Lord 3 Monkey Mexican Jaguar
Bulto de Xipe/Huachino
- ?: Lord 10 Movement
- ?: Lord 12 Lizard
- ?-1101: Lord 11 Wind Blood Jaguar (son of the previous)
- To Tilantongo (1101-1115) and Nuu Yuchi (1115-1164)
- ?: Lord 6 Vulture Jaguar with Knife (son of Lord 9 Rain of Tlaxiaco)[15]
Chalcatongo, Nuu Ndaya
- ?: Lord 8 Aligator Bloody Coyote
- ?: Lord 3 Dog (son-in-law of Lord 8 Alligator, in the settlement of Santa Catarina Yuxia, Yuu Usa)
- ?: Lord 13 Jaguar War Beard (descendant)
Cholula
- ?: Lord 1 Lizard Serpent-Decorated Shield, with Lady 11 Serpent Jewel Mouth (wife)
- c.1096: Lord 4 Jaguar Night Face
Hill of the Mask
Name | Born | Reign | Death | Consort (s) | Notes |
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Tlaxiaco dynasty[15] | |||||
Lord 8 Jaguar Bloody Coyote |
1113 Tlaxiaco |
? | ? | Lady 2 Vulture Jewel Fan two children |
King at Tlaxiaco, partition from Teozacoalco. His children possibly divided the realm. |
Lord 4 Grass Sun Face |
? Son of Lord 8 Jaguar |
? | ? | Lady 6 Reed Venus Face one child |
Also king at Sosola (Acuchi). |
Lord 1 Movement Fire Serpent with Feathers |
? Son of Lord 4 Grass and Lady 6 Reed |
? | ? | Lady 2 House Precious Quexquemitl one child |
Possibly survived his son, and was succeeded by his grandson. |
Lord 7 Serpent Eagle |
? Son of Lord 4 House, Prince of Hill of the Mask and Lady 3 House |
? | ? | Lady 3 Jaguar War Quexquemitl one child Lady 4 Serpent one child |
Possibly survived his son (given the son's absence of nickname), and was succeeded by his grandson. |
Lord 7 Rain Ascending Flame |
? Son of Lord 7 Serpent and Lady 4 Serpent |
?-1338 | 1338 Hill of the Mask |
Lady 4 Monkey of Tilantongo, Precious Fire Serpent no children |
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Hill of the Mask annexed to Teozacoalco |
Jaltepec, Añute
Name | Born | Reign | Death | Consort (s) | Notes |
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Apoala-Jaltepec dynasty | |||||
Lord 10 Reed Eagle |
c.880? Son of Lord 2 Grass Death Serpent, prince of Apoala and Lady 8 Rabbit Sun Headdress, Queen of Whirlpool of Blood-Temple of the Spiderweb and Smoke |
?-after 920 | after 920 | Lady 2 Lizard Venus Red and White Band at least one child |
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Lord 3 Rain Ballcourt with Lines |
? Son of Lord 10 Reed and Lady 2 Lizard |
? | ? | Lady 7 Death Rain Flaming Knot no children |
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Suchixtlán dynasty | |||||
Lady 9 Wind Stone Quexquemitl |
c.1010 Daughter of Lord 8 Wind Twenty Eagles, King of Suchixtlán and Lady 10 Deer Jaguar Quexquemitl |
?-1090 | 1090 Jaltepec aged 79-80? |
1041 five children |
Spouses, ruled jointly.
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Lord 10 Eagle Stone Jaguar |
? Son of Lord 10 Flower, King of Tilantongo and Lady 2 Serpent of Suchixtlán |
? | |||
Lady 6 Monkey War Quexquemitl |
? Daughter of Lord 10 Eagle and Lady 9 Wind |
1090-1101 | 1101 Huachino |
Lord 11 Wind, King of Huachino, Bloody Jaguar 1090 two children |
Assassinated with her husband in Huachino during the Tilantongo coup d'état of Lord 8 Deer Jaguar Claw. |
Lord 1 Alligator Ballcourt Eagle |
1094 Huachino Second son of Lord 11 Wind, King of Huachino and Lady 6 Monkey |
1101-after 1122 | after 1122 | Lady 6 Wind of Tilantongo, Feather Blood Quetzal 1122 one child Lady 6 Flint of Tilantongo, Precious Fire Serpent 1122 no children |
Married daughters of the assassin of his mother; he inherited her main settlement at Jaltepec. |
Lord 5 Lizard Blood Jewel | 1122 or after 1122 Son of Lord 1 Alligator and Lady 6 Wind of Tilantongo |
? | ? | Lady 4 Rain Heartcross Lady 8 Rabbit (Both women were sisters and from the town of Temazcal Cave of Atl Tlachinolli) (three known children in total) |
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Lord 1 Rain Celestial Eagle | ? Son of Lord 5 Lizard |
? | ? | Lady 2 Alligator Smoke Spiderweb four children |
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Lord 5 Flower Celestial Eagle | ? Son of Lord 1 Rain and Lady 2 Alligator |
? | ? | Lady 10 Water Xolotl Red Jewel two children |
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Lord 6 Reed Jaguar Sun | ? Son of Lord 5 Flower and Lady 10 Water |
? | ? | Lady 5 Movement Copal Ornament two children |
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Lord 13 Wind Tlachtli War | ? Son of Lord 6 Reed and 5 Movement |
? | ? | Lady 12 Rain of Zahuatlán, Butterfly Quetzal Blood four children |
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Lord 9 Lizard Fire Face |
? Son of Lord 13 Wind and Lady 12 Rain of Zahuatlán |
? - after 1381 | after 1381 | Lady 12 Deer of Cuauhtinchán, War Quexquemitl three children |
In his reign Zaachila attacked Jaltepec, took the eldest sons of Lord 9 Lizard, and executed them. His minor son was the only one that survived. This son, Lord 2 Jaguar, would eventually succeed his father. |
Lord 2 Jaguar | ? Son of Lord 9 Lizard and Lady 12 Deer of Cuauhtinchán |
after 1381-? | ? | Lady 1 Serpent of Teozacoalco, Sun Fan 1372 one child |
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Lord 5 Water Jaguar of Tlaxiaco |
? Son of Lord 2 Jaguar and Lady 1 Serpent of Teozacoalco |
?-after 1339 | ? | Lady 7 Rain of Tlaxiaco, Fan of Tlaxiaco two children |
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Lord 10 Monkey Rain Falling from Heaven |
1339 |
? | ? | Lady 2 Water of Yanhuitlán, Xolotl-Jewel three children |
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Lord 3 Death Grey Eagle |
? Son of Lord 10 Monkey and Lady 2 Water of Yanhuitlán |
?-1444 | 1444 Jaltepec
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Lady 3 Serpent Flower Garland 1368 three children |
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Lord 1 Monkey Rain Sun |
1416 |
1444-1480 | 1480 Jaltepec aged 63-64 |
Lady 7 Water of Teozacoalco, Plumed Sun (d.1477) 1447 at least one child Lady 10 Movement, Plumed Sun, Queen of Quetzaltepec no children |
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Lord 4 Serpent Bloody Eagle |
1451 |
1480-1520 | 1520 Jaltepec aged 68–69 |
Lady 5 Monkey of Teozacoalco, Seed of the Broken Mountain (1466-1518) two children |
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Zaachila-Teozacoalco dynasty | |||||
Lord 13 Grass Fire Serpent |
1516 |
1520-1541 | 1541 Jaltepec aged 24-25 |
Lady 2 Jaguar of Tlaxiaco, Jewel Red Objects Package 1523 five children Lady 5 Jaguar Cocoa Garland |
Grandson of his predecessor. |
Lord 10 Grass Jaguar Smoke Tlaltecuhtli |
1527 |
1541-after 1556 | After 1556 | Lady 10 Serpent Flowered Tree Golden Band 1546 unknown children |
Last known ruler in the settlement. |
Juquila, Nuu Sitoho
- ?: Lord 1 Death Sun Serpent, with Lady 11 Serpent Flower Quetzal Feathers (wife)
"Monkey"
- ?: Lord 7 Grass Bloody Jaguar
Mitlatongo, Dzandaya
- ?: Lord 1 Monkey
Flower Mountain, Yucu Ita
- ?: Lord 11 Jaguar
Broken Mountain
- ?: Lady 1 Death
Place of Flints/Pedernales, Nuu Yuchi
Name | Born | Reign | Death | Consort (s) | Notes |
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Pedernales-Achiutla dynasty | |||||
Lord 4 Wind Fire Serpent |
1092 Huachino Son of Lord 11 Wind, King of Huachino and Lady 6 Monkey, Queen of Jaltepec |
1115-1164 | 1164 Pedernales aged 71–72 |
Lady 10 Flower of Tilantongo, Rain Spiderweb 1124 one child Lady 5 Lizard of Deep Valley, Zacate-Pulque Vase 1124 or 1125 three children Lady 5 Wind of Tilantongo, Jade and Fur Ornament 1125 no children |
First known ruler of the settlement, which seems to have been separated either from Tilantongo or Jaltepec. |
Lady 13 Flower Precious Bird |
? Daughter of Lord 4 Wind and Lady 10 Flower of Tilantongo |
1164-? | ? | Prince Lord 4 Alligator of Tilantongo, Sacred Serpent c.1138 ten children |
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Lord 7 Eagle Flames |
1138 Pedernales First son of Lord Lord 4 Alligator of Tilantongo and Lady 13 Flower |
? | ? | Lady 3 Serpent of Achiutla, Sacred Jewel no children |
Left no children and was succeeded by his brother. |
Lord 4 Jaguar War Jaguar |
1144 Pedernales Second son of Lord Lord 4 Alligator of Tilantongo and Lady 13 Flower |
? | ? | Lady 8 Jaguar of Achiutla, Serpent Jewel at least one child |
Nephew of his predecessors. |
Lord 1 Eagle Rain |
c.1160 Son of Lord 4 Water, prince of Pedernales and Lady 1 Grass of Achiutla |
?-after 1171 | After 1171 | Unmarried | |
Lord 7 Reed Pheasant |
? Son of Lord 13 Serpent, Prince of Pedernales and Lady 11 Deer, Princess of Pedernales |
? | ? | ? | Cousin of his predecessor. |
Pedernales annexed to Teozacoalco |
Quetzal
- ?: Lord 4 Stone Face with Quetzal Feathers
Río de la Serpiente
- ?: Lord 3 Eagle
San Pedro Cántaros, Nuu Naha
Teozacoalco dynasty
- ?: Lord 1 House Jaguar Sky Assassin (son of Lord 8 Rabbit, King of Teozacoalco)
- ?: Lord 6 Death Sun Rain (descendant, brother-in-law of Lord 6 Deer, King of Teozacoalco)
- ?: Lord 3 Dog (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 3 Monkey (grandson of the previous)
Place of the Drum (Soyaltepec) (?)
- ?: Lord 4 Jaguar Serpent War Snare
Suchixtlán, Chiyo Yuhu
Name | Born | Reign | Death | Consort (s) | Notes |
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Suchixtlán dynasty | |||||
Lord 8 Wind Stone Eagle/ Twenty Eagles |
? Son or descendant of Lord 3 Rain, King of Jaltepec |
?-1027 | 1027 Jaltepec
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Lady 10 Deer Jaguar Quexquemitl 1009 Lady 10 Grass 1010 Lady 10 Eagle 1011 seven children in total |
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Hiatus with no known rulers | |||||
Lord 12 Movement Jaguar that Burns the Mexicans |
? | ? | ? | Lady 1 Jaguar Divine Fan at least one child |
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Lord 13 Eagle Bloody Jaguar |
? Son of Lord 12 Movement and Lady 1 Jaguar |
? | ? | Lady 12 Flower, Queen of Tilantongo four children |
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Zaachila-Teozacoalco dynasty | |||||
Lady 2 Flower Rising Jewel |
? Daughter of Lord 13 Eagle and Lady 12 Flower of Tilantongo |
? | ? | two children | Spouses and explicitly co-rulers in Suchixtlán (according to Codex Muro). Lord 6 Death possibly also inherited his kingdom at San Pedro Cántaros. |
Lord 6 Death Sun Rain | ? Son of Lord 10 Alligator, king of Cántaros and Lady 7 Vulture (of Tilantongo?) |
?-1461 | 1461 | ||
Lady 11 Monkey Jade Spiderweb |
? Son of Lord 6 Death and Lady 2 Flower |
? | ? | three children | Probably ruled jointly, as despite she inherited the kingdom, her husband is said to have also ruled there. |
Lord 4 Death War Venus |
? Son of Lord 6 Deer, king of Tilantongo and Lady 13 Wind of Jaltepec |
? | ? | ||
Lord 8 Monkey | ? Son of Lord 4 Death and Lady 11 Monkey |
? | ? | Lady 4 Water of Tilantongo, Butterfly with Red Spots no children |
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Hiatus with no known rulers | |||||
Lord 8 Movement Jaguar Tlaloc Wall | ? | ? | ? | Lady 8 Flint of Jaltepec, Venus Legs Bent Strip (born 1528) c.1530/40? no children |
Last known ruler of the town. |
Teita
- ?: Lord 10 Rabbit Heart
- ?: Lord 13 Jaguar War Eagle
Teozacoalco, Chiyo Cahnu
Name | Born | Reign | Death | Consort (s) | Notes |
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2nd Tilantongo dynasty | |||||
Lord 4 Dog Coyote Hunter |
1110 |
1115-after 1132 | after 1132 | Lady 4 Death Jewel (born 1115) 1125 two children |
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Lord 13 Dog Venus Eagle |
1132 |
?-after 1149 | after 1149 | Lady 8 Vulture Stone Quechquemitl Lady 4 Rabbit Feathers on the Sand two children in total |
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Lord 7 Water Red Eagle |
1149 Teozacoalco
Son of Lord 13 Dog |
? | ? | Lady 11 Water Precious Serpent two children |
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Lord 13 Eagle Sacred Rain |
Son of Lord 7 Water and Lady 11 Water |
?-after 1189 | after 1189 | Lady 13 Death Jade Quechquemitl two children Lady 10 Deer Jaguar Quechquemitl three children Lady 8 Reed Precious Girl one child Lady of the Staff of Respect no children Lady 11 Movement Jewel with Quetzal Feathers two children Lady 9 Monkey one child |
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Lord 8 Rabbit Fire of Tlaxiaco |
1189 |
? | ? | Lady 6 Grass of Tilantongo, Transparent Butterfly five children |
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Lord 12 House Fire Serpent Flying in the Sky |
? Son of Lord 8 Rabbit and Lady 6 Grass of Tilantongo |
? | ? | five children | Sibling-spouses, ruled jointly.
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Lady 11 Alligator Quetzal Jewel |
? Daughter of Lord 8 Rabbit and Lady 6 Grass of Tilantongo |
? | |||
Lord 9 Movement Precious Water |
? Son of Lord 12 House and Lady 11 Alligator |
?-1321[15] | 1321 Teozacoalco
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no children | Sibling-spouses, ruled jointly. Left no children. |
Lady 2 Jaguar Jade Spiderweb |
? Daughter of Lord 12 House and Lady 11 Alligator | ||||
Zaachila-Teozacoalco dynasty | |||||
Lord 2 Dog Rope and Knives |
? Son of Lord 5 Flower, King of Zaachila and Lady 4 Rabbit of Teozacoalco |
1321[15]-after 1323 | ? | Lady 6 Reed of Tilantongo, Plumed Serpent three children |
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Lord 9 House Mexican Jaguar |
1323 |
?-after 1357 | after 1357 | Lady 3 Rabbit of Tilantongo, Divine Flame (born 1345) no children |
Also, by marriage, king of Tilantongo. |
Lord 2 Water Fire Serpent |
1357 |
?-after 1402 | after 1402 | Lady 2 Vulture of Teita, Flower Jewel one child Lady 3 Alligator of Zaachila, Jade Fan six children Lady 12 Flint of Teita one child Lady 4 Reed Twenty Jaguars no children |
After his death his inheritance is divided: His eldest daughter received Tilantongo; his first son got Teozacoalco, and his second son eventually inherited his mother's realm of Zaachila. |
Lord 5 Rain Water Falling from the Sky |
1402? Son of Lord Lord 2 Water and Lady 3 Alligator of Zaachila |
?-after 1416 | after 1416 | Lady 5 Flower of Tlaxiaco, Quetzal Sun 1416 four children |
His children inherited their mother's realm. Teozacoalco reunited with Tilantongo. |
Lord 6 Deer Sacred Rain |
1393 Son of Lord 13 Eagle, King of Suchixtlán and Lady 12 Flower, Queen of Tilantongo |
? | ? | Lady 13 Wind of Jaltepec, Seed of the Broken Mountain two children |
Nephew of the predecessor. |
Lord 4 Flower Pheasant |
1409 |
?-after 1438 | after 1438 | Lady 7 Vulture of Etlatongo, Quetzal Fan seven children |
Probably during his reign, the capital of the dual kingdom of Teozacoalco-Tilantongo may have returned to Tilantongo, but this fact isn't certain. |
Lord 10 Rain Sun Rain |
1438 |
?-after 1476 | after 1476 | Lady 5 Wind of Suchixtlán, Cocoa Flower four children |
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Lord 4 Deer Eagle of Tlaxiaco |
1476 |
?-1521 | 1521 Teozacoalco aged 44–45 |
Lady 11 Serpent Lady 12 Vulture of Jaltepec, Sun Fan (born 1484) one child in total |
His kingdom fell to the Spanish, and may have died during the invasion. Probably because of this same invasion, the kingdom lost its status: his son may have succeeded only in the maternal kingdom of Jaltepec. |
Teozacoalco occupied by the Spanish |
Tilantongo, Ñuu Tnoo
Name | Born | Reign | Death | Consort (s) | Notes |
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1st Tilantongo dynasty | |||||
Lord 10 House Jaguar |
? | ? | ? | Lady 1 Grass Puma one child |
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Lord 3 Eagle Eagle of the Serpent Place |
? Son of Lord 10 House and Lady 1 Grass |
?-after 942 | after 942 | Lady 4 Rabbit of Mitlatongo, Quexquemitl two children |
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Lord 9 Wind Stone Skull |
942 Tilantongo Son of Lord Lord 3 Eagle and Lady 4 Rabbit of Mitlatongo |
?-1020 | 1020 aged 77-78 |
Lady 5 Reed of Monte Albán, Rain Hill c.990 three children |
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Lord 10 Flower Burnt-Eyed Jaguar |
992 Tilantongo Son of Lord 9 Wind and Lady 5 Reed of Monte Albán |
1020-1043 | 1043 aged 50-51 |
Lady 2 Serpent of Suchixtlán, Plumed Serpent (born 1005) 1013 six children |
Many of his relatives are known to have sit exclusively in some throness:
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Lord 12 Lizard Arrow Feet |
c.1013 Son of Lord 10 Flower and Lady 2 Serpent of Suchixtlán |
1043-c.1080? | c.1080? Tilantongo aged around 66-67 |
Lady 4 Flint of Topiltepec, Face Quetzal Feathers Lady 4 Alligator of Topiltepec, Jewel Face four children in total |
Married his nieces, daughters of his sister. |
Lord 5 Movement Smoked Sky |
? Son of Lord 12 Lizard |
1080-? | ? | Lady 4 Death of Jaltepec, Jewel of the People no children Lady 2 Grass 1073 one child |
The succession of the son and grandson of Lord 12 Lizard is debated, as Lord 12 Lizard is the last of his dynasty explicitly depicted as king of Tilantongo before Lord 8 Deer's conquest (1097). Even his grandson, who died young in a mysterious suicide ritual, is sometimes called by experts as an heir, instead of an official ruler. There isn't also any indication of the time of death of Lord 12 Lizard, which confuses matters. What is known is that, as Lady 2 Grass (Lord 2 Rain's mother) came from Visible Stones (a place under domination of Suchixtlán), Suchixtlán became influent in Tilantongo during this period of uncertainty. It's also possible that Lord 12 Lizard's sister, Lady 4 Rabbit ''Precious Quetzal'', was his next heiress, as, before usurping the throne, Lord 8 Deer had bowed to her and her husband in their town at Sosola (Acuchi). |
Lord 2 Rain Twenty Jaguars |
1075 Tilantongo Son of Lord 5 Movement and Lady 2 Grass |
?-18 June 1097 | 18 June 1097 Tilantongo aged 21–22 |
Unmarried | |
2nd Tilantongo dynasty | |||||
Lord 8 Deer Jaguar Claw |
1063 Tilantongo Son of Lord 5 Alligator Sun Rain, Priest and Lady 11 Water Jewel Bird |
18 June 1097 – 10 November 1115 | 10 November 1115 Tilantongo aged 51–52 |
Lady 13 Serpent of Huachino, Flowered Serpent 1103 five children Lady 6 Eagle of Chalcatongo, Jaguar Spiderweb 1105 one child Lady 10 Vulture Shining Quexquemitl 1105 two children Lady 11 Serpent of Totomihuacan, Jaguar Flower Turquoise Teeth 1105 two children Lady Lady 6 Wind of Cuyotepeji, Great Feathers of Noble Blood no children |
Usurper and founder of a new royal line at Tilantongo. After his death the influence in Mixtec realms passed to Pedernales, but the succession continued in Tilantongo. Lord 8 Deer was related to other settlements:
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Regency of Lady 6 Eagle of Chacaltongo, Jaguar Spiderweb during Lord 6 House's minority | |||||
Lord 6 House Jaguar Falling from Heaven |
1109 Tilantongo Son of Lord 8 Deer and Lady 6 Eagle of Chacaltongo |
10 November 1115-? | ? | Lady 9 Movement of Juquila, Heart one child | |
Lord 5 Water Stone Jaguar Heaven |
? Son of Lord 6 House and Lady Lady 9 Movement of Juquila |
? | ? | Lady 10 Reed of Tilantongo, Quetzal Jewel eight children |
Married his cousin, daughter of his father's half-brother. |
Lord 8 Reed Pheasant |
? Son of Lord 5 Water and Lady 10 Reed of Tilantongo |
? | ? | two children | Sibling-spouses, ruled jointly. |
Lady 5 Rabbit Jewel |
? Daughter of Lord 5 Water and Lady 10 Reed of Tilantongo |
? | |||
Lord 2 Movement Serpent with Markings |
? Son of Lord 8 Reed and Lady 5 Rabbit |
?-1206 | 1206 Tilantongo |
Lady 4 Eagle of Teita, Blood Quechquemitl Lady 12 Flint of Mountain of Flowers, Hummingbird Jewel Lady 10 Eagle of Mountain of Flowers, Serpent Spiderweb three children in total |
Apparently survived his own sons and heirs, Lord 8 Grass ''Coyote Sacrificer'' and Lord 1 Lizard ''Bloody Jaguar'', and was succeeded by his grandchildren. |
Lord 12 Reed Coyote Sun |
? Son of Lord 1 Lizard, Prince of Tilantongo and Lady 6 Reed of Sunken Disk Plain |
1206-? | ? | three children | Sibling-spouses, ruled jointly. |
Lady 3 Jaguar Precious Butterfly Sun |
? Daughter of Lord 1 Lizard, Prince of Tilantongo and Lady 6 Reed of Sunken Disk Plain |
? | |||
Lord 5 Rain Sun Movement |
? Son of Lord 12 Reed and Lady 3 Jaguar |
? | ? | Lady 13 Lizard of Puma, Truly Precious Butterfly one child |
Lord 5 Rain was related to other settlements' rulers:
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Lord 13 Wind Fire Serpent |
? Son of Lord 5 Rain and Lady 13 Lizard of Puma |
? | ? | Lady 1 Water of Teozacoalco, Venus Quechquemitl 1277 one child |
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Lord 9 Serpent Jaguar War Illuminator |
? Son of Lord 13 Wind and Lady 1 Water of Teozacoalco |
? | ? | Lady 8 Flint of Yucuita Lady 7 Flower of Yucuita four children in total |
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Lord 4 Water Bloody Eagle |
? Son of Lord 9 Serpent |
?-1341 | 1341 Tilantongo |
Lady Lady 6 Water Quetzal Jewel of Flower War no children |
Left no children, and his dynasty came to an end. He was succeeded by his widow. |
Zaachila-Teozacoalco dynasty | |||||
Lady 6 Water Quetzal Jewel of Flower War |
? Daughter of Lord 2 Dog, King of Teozacoalco and Lady Lady 6 Reed of Tilantongo |
1341-after 1345 | after 1345 | Lord 4 Water Bloody Eagle no children Prince Lord 4 Death of Tlaxiaco, War Venus 1343 four children |
Widow and niece of the previous. As the eldest child of the only sister of Lord 4 Water that had children, she became the inheritor of his uncle-husband's kingdom. She inherited it not as widow of her husband, but as a rightful heir of her uncle. |
Lady 3 Rabbit Divine Flame |
1345 Tilantongo Daughter of Lord Lord 2 Dog, King of Teozacoalco and Lady 6 Reed of Tilantongo |
after 1345-after 1372 | after 1372 | 1353 six children |
Like her mother, she married her own uncle (her mother's brother), keeping the kingdom in the family, and made possible the reunion of Tilantongo and Teozacoalco. |
Lord 9 House Mexican Jaguar |
1323 |
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Lord 2 Water Fire Serpent |
1357 |
?-after 1402 | after 1402 | Lady 2 Vulture of Teita, Flower Jewel one child Lady 3 Alligator of Zaachila, Jade Fan six children Lady 12 Flint of Teita one child Lady 4 Reed Twenty Jaguars no children |
After his death his inheritance is divided: His eldest daughter received Tilantongo; his first son got Teozacoalco, and his second son eventually inherited his mother's realm of Zaachila. |
Lady 12 Flower Broken Mountain Butterfly |
? Daughter of Lord 2 Water and 2 Vulture of Teita |
? | ? | Lord Lord 12 Eagle, King of Suchixtlán, Bloody Jaguar no children |
First separate ruler of Tilantongo since 1341. At her death, her children inherited Tilantongo. |
Lord 6 Deer Sacred Rain |
1393 Son of Lord 13 Eagle, King of Suchixtlán and Lady 12 Flower |
? | ? | Lady 13 Wind of Jaltepec, Seed of the Broken Mountain two children |
Nephew of the predecessor. |
Lord 4 Flower Pheasant |
1409 |
?-after 1438 | after 1438 | Lady 7 Vulture of Etlatongo, Quetzal Fan seven children |
Probably during his reign, the capital of the dual kingdom of Teozacoalco-Tilantongo may have returned to Tilantongo, but this fact isn't certain. |
Lord 10 Rain Sun Rain |
1438 |
?-after 1476 | after 1476 | Lady 5 Wind of Suchixtlán, Cocoa Flower four children |
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Lord 4 Deer Eagle of Tlaxiaco |
1476 |
?-1521 | 1521 Teozacoalco aged 44–45 |
Lady 11 Serpent Lady 12 Vulture of Jaltepec, Sun Fan (born 1484) one child in total |
His kingdom fell to the Spanish, and may have died during the invasion. Probably because of this same invasion, the kingdom lost its status: his son may have succeeded only in the maternal kingdom of Jaltepec. |
Tilantongo occupied by the Spanish |
Tlaxiaco, Ndisi Nuu
Totomihuacan
- ?: Lord 5 Eagle
Tula (Toltec)
- c.1096: Lord 4 Jaguar Night Face
Deep Valley
- ?: Lord 12 Dog Eagle, with Lady 5 Lizard Pulque-Zacate Vase (wife)
Yanhuitlán
- c.1320: Lord 6 Water Multicolored Feathers
- c.1500?: Lady 1 Flower Jaguar Quexquemitl, with Lord 8 Death Fire Serpent (husband; son of Lord 10 Rain, King of Teozacualco)
Zaachila, Tocuisi (Zapotec)
In Mixteca Baja
Acatlan
- ?: Lord 1 Rain
- ?: Lord 9 Reed (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 6 Deer (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 4 Dog (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 8 Flint (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 8 Alligator (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 7 Monkey (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 8 Movement (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 9 Flint (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 6 Water (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 4 Eagle (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 10 Reed (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 4 Flower (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 4 House (son of the previous)
- ?-1519/20: Unknown (son of the previous)
- To the Spanish
Chila
- ?: Lord 10 Flint
- ?: Lord 4 Deer (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 1 Eagle (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 13 Dog (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 13 Reed (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 2 Monkey (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 10 Monkey (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 10 Movement (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 3 House (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 8 Wind (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 6 Rabbit (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 13 Death (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 1 House (son of the previous)
- ?: Lord 5 Monkey (son of the previous)
- ?-1519/20: Lord 4 Dog (son of the previous)
- To the Spanish
Language, codices, and artwork
The
The Mixtec are well known in the anthropological world for their Codices or phonetic pictures[clarification needed] in which they wrote their history and genealogies in deerskin in the "fold-book" form. The best-known story of the Mixtec Codices is that of Lord Eight Deer, named after the day in which he was born, whose personal name is Jaguar Claw, and whose epic history is related in several codices, including the Codex Bodley and Codex Zouche-Nuttall. He successfully conquered and united most of the Mixteca region.
They were also known for their exceptional mastery of jewelry and mosaic, among which gold and turquoise figure prominently. Products by Mixtec goldsmiths formed an important part of the tribute the Mixtecs paid to the Aztecs during parts of their history.[16][unreliable source?] Turquoise mosaic masks also played an important role in both political and religious functions.[17] These masks were used as gifts to form political alliances, in ceremonies during which the wearer of the mask impersonated a god, and were fixed to funerary bundles that were seen as oracles.[18]
References
- ^ Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indios (CDI) (2000): Lenguas indígenas de México. Viewed 30 November 2006.
- ^ Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior: Lazos. Síntesis informativa Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 24 January 2005. Viewed 30 November 2006
- ^ "Mixtec". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ISBN 978-0631209782.
- ISBN 978-1-60732-597-0.
- ^ Lind, Michael (2008). "Arqueología de la Mixteca" (PDF). Desacatos. 27: 13–32.
- ^ archaeology.about.com › ... › Archaeology 101 › Glossary › M Terms
- ^ "About". San Diego State University. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ West, Robert. Early Silver Mining in New Spain, 1531–1555 (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 48.
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- ^ Kevin Terraciano, ‘’The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteen through Eighteenth Centuries’’. Stanford: Stanford University Press 2001, 248–49.
- ^ Terraciano, ibid. p. 251
- ^ William B. Taylor, "Town and Country in the Valley of Oaxaca", ‘’The Provinces of Early Mexico’’, Ida Altman and James Lockhart, eds. Los Angeles, UCLA Latin American Center 1976, p. 74.
- ^ Kevin Terraciano, "The Colonial Mixtec Community," Hispanic American Historical Review, vol. 80, Feb. 2000 p. 39
- ^ a b c d e f g h Pérez Jiménez & Jansen 2010, p.407-461
- ^ "Ancient Scripts: Mixtec". www.ancientscripts.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2006.
- ^ McEwan, Colin; et al. (2006). Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico. Durham: Duke University Press.
- S2CID 162410036.
Further reading
- Kevin Terraciano (2004). The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Nudzahui History, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804751049.
- Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora; Jansen, Marteen (2010). The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts - Time, Agency and Memory in Ancient Mexico. ISBN 978-90-04-19358-1.)
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External links
Media related to Mixtec at Wikimedia Commons