Presentation of Mixtec culture

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mixtec culture

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4. Economy

1. What was the Mixtec culture?

5. Religion

6. Social organization

2. Location

7. Idiom

3. Feeding

What was the Mixtec culture?

The Mixtec culture or Mixtec civilization was one of the oldest pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, predecessor of the current Mexican Mixtec people. It flourished south of the current territory of Mexico. Its heyday ended in the 10th century, but the Mixtec people survived until their encounter with the Spanish conquerors in the 15th century.

Location

The Mixtec culture occupied during its history the territory known as La Mixteca (Ñuu Dzahui, in their language, “Country of the rain”), located in the south of Mexico, in the territory of the current states of Puebla, Oaxaca and Guerrero.

Feeding

Their diet was very natural, it was based on the agricultural items that mainly cultivated corn, beans and pumpkins, these dishes were complexed with Chile, vegetables and animals, the product of hunting, fishing and birds.

Economy

The main source of Mixtec wealth was agriculture. They planted corn, chili, beans, squash and, in addition, they grew cocoa and cotton. To a lesser extent they practiced fishing, gathering wild fruits and hunting.

Religion

Their religion was based on the belief of gods of nature and these are related to water and cults in worship of Dzahui the god of rain.

Social organization

The Mixtecos were organized into independent kingdoms (or city-states), each governed by a king who collected taxes with goods or services, through his administrators (who were part of the nobility).

Each Mixtec kingdom was related to each other, through alliances or confrontations.

Idiom

The indigenous languages ​​spoken in La Mixteca, in addition to Mixtec, are Triqui, Amuzgo, Chocho, Nahua and Ixcateco; in neighboring areas: el Popoloca, to the north; the Nahua and the Mazatec to the northeast; the Cuicateco and the Zapotec to the east; the Chatino to the southeast, and the Tlapaneco to the west.

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Participants:

Lozada Suarez Carol Ximena

Herrera Perez Ali