La epopeya de la Mixteca
Subtitle: cómo se hicieron y rehicieron las sociedades complejas en la Mixteca Alta
By: Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza
Contributors: Heredia Espinoza, Verenice Y., author
Series: Colección Investigaciones
Publisher: El Colegio de Michoacán
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Zamora, Michoacán
Language: spa
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9786075440897
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Mixtec Indians; Social life and customs; Origin; History; Antiquities; Indians of Mexico
Description: "This volume shows, in an accessible and scientific way, a summary of the results of decades of archaeological and ethnohistorical research on the emergence, development and change of the societies that inhabited the Mixteca Alta of Oaxaca. The chapters of the volume are presented chronologically to reconstruct the pre-Hispanic history of the Mixteca, also known as the Ñuu Savi (Place of the Rain) region in the Mixtec language that bears the same name. The book begins by presenting the evidence that exists around the first settlers of the area, the emergence of agricultural and sedentary communities, and the subsequent development of stratified, complex and urban societies. Then, the patterns of political change and regional exchange are described, as well as the rise and fall of small political units; self-recognized as wildebeest or yuhuitayu at the time of European contact. In addition, the volume presents the reader with up-to-date information on the Mixtec communities that have endured to this day, demonstrating their dynamism and resilience in the face of an ever-changing reality." --
Notes: Contains maps, photos, tables.

Bibliography at the end of each chapter.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: La Mixteca Alta, su gente y su arqueología; title: El yuhuitayu mixteco : una perspectiva del siglo XVI; title: Los primeros indicios de actividad humana en la Mixteca Alta durante los periodos paleoindio y araico; title: Las primeras aldeas y los centros rectores de la Mixteca Alta; title: Los pueblos se vuelven ciudades; title: La Mixteca Alta en los tiempos de Monte Albán y Teotihuacán; title: Los ñuu y yuhuitayu posclásicos; title: Desde la conquista hasta nuestros días : más de tres mil años de resiliencia mixteca.