The Zapotecs: Princes, Priests, and Peasants

by Joseph Whitecotton

The Zapotecs, Or 'Cloud People', Lived in the southern highlands of central Mesoamerica, iOaxaca,from the late Preclassic period to the end of the Classic period (500 BCE - 900 CE). Their capital was first at Monte Albán and then at Mitla, they dominated the southern highlands, spoke a variation of the Oto-Zapotecan language, and profited from trade and cultural links with the Olmec, Teotihuacan and Maya civilization

338 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1984