Description of Tetiquipa and Cozautepec, towns located in the Diocese of Oaxaca. Census is signed by Cristóbal de Salas. Document lists Mixteca and Zapoteca as the spoken languages, flora and fauna, and medicines used. Mentions the sixteen towns under the governance of Tetiquipa and Cozutepec's geographical positioning related to Tetiquipa and the Puerto de Guatulco. Also mentioned are descriptions of the native population, local jurisdiction, hierarchy, systems of governance, and etymology of names. 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:
Salas, Cristóbal de (signer), Gabriel Bobo, Alonso (scribe), Philippe, Pedro (witness), Poblete, Juan de (witness), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-00-00
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 Sebastián Río Hondo, Oaxaca, México, and San Sebastián Río Hondo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), San Sebastián Río Hondo (city), Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), and San Francisco Cozoaltepec (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
16.182693, -96.464174 and 15.8122, -96.7222
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Tetiquipa and Tetiquipa y Cozauhtepec.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:b91481c8-525a-4ac0-b84d-60465d394b93
Local:
JGI_XXV-06_Tetiquipa_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)