Descripción de Guautla (Mixteca alta)...Se compone de descripciones particulares de Guautla, Xocoticpaque, Tepetongo,Tutupetongo, y Tanatepec.
Description:
Description of the administrative capital of Cuautla and full descriptions of its surrounding communities named Xocoticpaque, Xaltepetongo, Tututepetongo, and Tanatepec in the Diocese of Oaxaca. Census was signed by Mélchior Suárez. Document lists Mixteca and Cuicateca as the spoken languages, local hierarchies, systems of governance, and fauna. 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:
Suárez, Mélchior (signer), Ribera, Balthasar de (scribe), Perez, Bartolome (translator), Sandoval, Alonso de (contributor), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-02-26
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, San Miguel Huautla, Oaxaca, Mexico, and San Miguel Huautla, Oaxaca, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), and San Miguel Huautla (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
17.745467, -97.137307, 17.745467, -97.263652, 17.514722,-96.922786, and 17.715239, -96.880612
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Guautla
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:5c984bf0-b48f-4da9-a8c5-5def4ef44c6e
Local:
JGI_XXIV-04_Cuautla_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)