Zapotec
Monte Albán builders
Zapotec refers to an indigenous people of southern Mexico, primarily in Oaxaca state, and their language family.
The Zapotec civilization flourished before Spanish conquest, building the ancient city of Monte Albán.
Today, several hundred thousand people speak Zapotec languages, and Zapotec identity remains strong: Zapotec weaving traditions, Zapotec communities.
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- potteryFired clay objects
- textilesWoven or knit materials
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
rituals · ancestors · maize · Día de Muertos · mezcal · tapestries · embroidery · ceremonies
Mexican state and city
Americas before 1492
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- codicesBound handwritten volumes
- urnsFooted ceremonial vessels
- ceramicsHardened clay objects
archaeology · ruins · Mesoamerica · Olmecs · Teotihuacan · city-state · calendar · hieroglyphs
Relating to pitch
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- dialectsRegional language variations
- phonemesMinimal sound distinctions
grammar · speakers · linguistic · documentation · revitalization · orthography · Nahuatl
Benito Juárez
cosmology · rituals · ancestors · maize · Día de Muertos · mezcal · tapestries · embroidery · ceremonies
Oaxaca
Mexican state and city
pre-Columbian
Americas before 1492
ceramics · archaeology · ruins · Mesoamerica · Olmecs · Teotihuacan · city-state · calendar · hieroglyphs · stelae
tonal
Relating to pitch
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- dialectsRegional language variations
phonemes · grammar · speakers · linguistic · documentation · revitalization · orthography · Nahuatl
ZapotecAztec
Ancient Mexican civilization
Maya · Olmec · Toltec · Teotihuacan
ZapotecSpanish
Language of Iberia
conquistador · colonial · European · Hernán Cortés · Spanish Empire