Coixtlahuaca

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Coixtlahuaca was an important pre-Columbian city in present-day Oaxaca, Mexico, serving as a key political and cultural hub in the Mixtec region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Coixtlahuaca canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
pre-Columbian city ⓘ
associatedWith Codex Bodley ⓘ
Codex Vindobonensis ⓘ
Mixtec codices ⓘ
civilization Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
conqueredBy Aztec Empire ⓘ
Moctezuma I ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Chocho ⓘ
Mixtec ⓘ
declineCause Spanish conquest of Mexico ⓘ
economy agriculture-based economy ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
era pre-Columbian era ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains palatial complexes ⓘ
platforms and plazas ⓘ
temple structures ⓘ
hasNameEtymology derived from Nahuatl "Coix-tlahuacan" ⓘ
heritageStatus important regional archaeological heritage site ⓘ
knownFor rich painted codices depicting its rulers and history ⓘ
strategic position on trade routes between central Mexico and Oaxaca ⓘ
languageUsed Chocho language ⓘ
Mixtec language ⓘ
linked to: Mixtec languages
locatedIn Mexico ⓘ
Mixteca Alta ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
Valley of Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
modernMunicipality San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
partOf Mixtec civilization ⓘ
politicalStructure city-state ⓘ
regional kingdom ⓘ
predecessorOf colonial town of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
presentIn Valley of Coixtlahuaca drainage basin ⓘ
region Mixtec region ⓘ
linked to: Mixteca region
religion Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ
significance important cultural hub in pre-Columbian Oaxaca ⓘ
major political center in the Mixtec region ⓘ
timePeriod Late Postclassic period ⓘ
Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
tributaryTo Aztec Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mixtec civilization → majorCenter → Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
Mixtec people → capitalOrMajorCenter → Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
Ñuu Savi → hasHistoricalCenter → Coixtlahuaca ⓘ