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Zapotec: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

artistic development
- In Native American art: Mexico and Middle America
- In pottery: Central America
chronology
- In chronology: Peoples of Oaxaca and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Mesoamerican civilization
- In Mesoamerican civilization
Pre-Columbian civilizations
- In pre-Columbian civilizations: Early Monte Albán
- In pre-Columbian civilizations: Archaeological unity of the Postclassic

beliefs and practices

ceremonial drug use
- In Ipomoea: Major species
death rites
- In ceremonial object: Objects used in rites of passage

Mexico

Oaxaca

In Oaxaca
In Mexico: Ethnic groups

Mitla
- In Mitla
Monte Albán
- In Monte Albán
Oaxaca city
- In Oaxaca

Article Contributors

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: The History Files - Zapotecs (Mesoamerica).	Gloria Lotha	Apr 10, 2022
	Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Zapotec Civilization.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 08, 2019
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Zapotec.	Vivek Abhinav	Oct 31, 2012
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998