Descripción de los pueblos de los Peñoles (Oajaca)
Description:
Description of los Peñoles, towns in the Diocese of Oaxaca. Towns included are Itzcuintepéc, Eztitla, Quauxoloticpac, Huiztepec, Totomachapa, and Elotepec. Census was signed by corregidor Diosdado Treviño and Juan López de Zárate. Document lists Mixteca and Zapoteca as the spoken languages, topographic features, flora and fauna, and other natural resources. There are also descriptions of the local hierarchy and systems of governance, etymology of names, and medicines used. Also included is a visual representation of the landscape, known as a pintura or map. This is one of a series of responses to a political and cultural survey circulated by King Philip II of Spain titled relaciones geográficas, which were gathered between the years 1579-1585.
Creator/Contributor:
López de Zárate, Juan (scribe), Treviño, Diosdado (artist), Treviño, Diosdado (signer), López de Zárate, Juan (signer), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579-08-20
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Indigenous peoples--Mexico--History--Sources, New Spain--Description and travel, New Spain--History--Sources, New Spain--Maps, Manuscript, Spain--Colonies--History--Sources, Mexico--History--16th century--Sources, Manuscripts, Mexican, Pueblos indígenas--México--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Descripción y viaje, Nueva España--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Mapas, Manuscritos, España--Colonias--Historia--Fuentes, México--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes, and Manuscritos, Mexicanos
Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Diocese of Oaxaca, Diócesis de Oaxaca, Santa María Peñoles, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Santa María Peñoles, Oaxaca, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), and Santa María Peñoles (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
17.079163, -97.002235
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Peñoles.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:20c443dd-6b30-4629-8ddf-04c9703bdd3e
Local:
JGI_XXIV-15_losPenoles_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)
Related Resource - Other:
Pintura de los Peñoles (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:7d1cca63-5ecd-4d6b-b801-885147253548 (uri)