Description of the administrative capital of Iztepec located in the Diocese of Oaxaca. Census was signed by Fray Andrés Méndez. Document describes Iztepec and its surrounding communities with details of their history, etymology of place names, geographic location, natural resources, flora and fauna, clothing, trading partners, and other information. Zapoteca is listed as the spoken language. Smaller communities mentioned include Santa Ana Tacolabacoya, Ayocuexco, San Bernardo, and Santa María Magdalena Tepecimatlan. 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:
Méndez, Fray Andrés (signer), Herrera, Pedro de, 1548-1630 (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1581-01-10
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 Cruz Mixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Santa Cruz Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), and Santa Cruz Mixtepec (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
16.792501, -96.881645
Origin Note:
Collector Joaquín García Icazbalceta initially grouped this census with Cuylapa. This arrangement is visible in their shared cover sheet found with the Cuylapa census, which lists the two census.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:cf4d787d-3872-4fd8-8900-4417ffdc468b
Local:
JGI_XXIV-09_Iztepec_text
Related Resource - Other:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)