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The Relacion de Tlacolula y Mitla
Mesoamerican notes • 4 • Published In 1955 • Pages: 13-24
By: Horcasitas, Fernando, George, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document contains the translations of the relaciones written in 1580 for the towns of Mitla and Tlacolula. The relaciones are thumbnail sketches of the communities, covering a wide range of topics including geography, history, redocuments, and customs. Topical coverage is, however, superficial. Relaciones were prepared by Spanish officials throughout New Spain in response to a questionnaire sent by the Crown. Information for Mitla and Tlacolula was gathered by interviewing Zapotec leaders in these towns. The relaciones are of interest in that they give some picture, albeit sketchy, of these towns in the early colonial period and they may be compared with relaciones from other parts of Mexico for the same time period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zapotec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979-1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500-1580
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tlacolula and Mitla in Tlacolula arm of Valley; Oaxaca State, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fernando Horcasitas ; notes and translation by Fernando Horcasitas and Richard George
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 62040449
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zapotec Indians