Book
The Zapotecs: princes, priests, and peasants
University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1977 • Pages: 14, 338
By: Whitecotton, Joseph W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The prehistory and history of the Zapotec people is the subject of this document. The time period covered is from 1500 BC to the present. The author discusses the documents of his information, such as archaeological sites, codices, and early Spanish documents, then reconstructs the economy and the social and political organization of the various periods. The final chapter is a summary of contemporary Zapotec culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Historical reconstruction
- Sociocultural trends
- Prehistory
- Representative art
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Territorial hierarchy
- Classes
- Spirits and gods
- Missions
- Community structure
- Kinship terminology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zapotec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1521-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Valley of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Joseph W. Whitecotton
- Table of Contents: 1. Oaxaca and the Zapotecs; 2. The Growth of the Zapotec Great Tradition; 3. Cycles of Conquest: political relationships in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Post-Classic state; 4. Princes, Priests, and Peasants; patterns of Post-Classic Azpotec culture and society; 5. Zapotec Elites and Peasants in New Spain; 6. The Zapotecs in Modern Mexico; Epilogue: Zapotecs, Indians, and Peasants; Appendix: Zapotec kinship terms: Ancient and Modern
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-332) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76062508
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zapotec Indians