Zapotecs, the People of the Zapote

Here is my part to contribute to the understanding of the Zapotec "Indians" of Mexico.

If anybody knows any links to Zapotec sites please let me know. Celerina's Rugs is the only other site I've found that has information on the Zapotecs.

Also, if you know of books that have the info please let me know. You can e-mail me at metalaxe@apexmail.com

Here are the books I know of. I haven't read all of them, but those I have you can click on to see my review of the book.

• Joseph W. Whitecotton, The Zapotecs: Princes, Priests, and Peasants, University of Oklahoma Press, 1977.
• Helen Augur, Zapotec, Doubleday, 1954.
• Laura Nader, "The Zapotec of Oaxaca" in Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol 7, Robert Wachope, Ed.
• Kent V. Flannery & Joyce Marcus, Eds, The Cloud People: Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec Civilizations, publishing info not known.

What follows is a brief (too brief) synopsis of information gleaned form the above sources.

• Zapotec Types
• Famous Zapotecs
• Language and Vocabulary
• Origin Legends

The Zapotec section last modified on 9-10-99

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