Zapotec Indians
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
Ancient
Scripts.com - Zapotec http://www.ancientscripts.com/zapotec.html
This site looks at dozens of writing systems from around the
world, from Hieroglyphic and Ugartic to Indus and Chinese to Cherokee
and Zapotec. They are indexed by region and by connections to
type of writing system (which includes a discussion of the development
of the alphabet). There is also information about phonetics
(using the American Phonetic Alphabet) as well as tones, with sound
files (in Cantonese) illustrating how its tonal system works.
Related links and a bibliography are also provided.
Indigenous People.net - Zapotec
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/zapotec.htm
This site from Indigenous Peoples Literature, a non-profit resource
"for the advancement of all cultures," provides information on
Zapotec history and culture, with useful links to maps and other
images.
Mesoweb : An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures http://www.mesoweb.com
Subtitled An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures, this site is
"devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures: the Olmec, Maya,
Aztec, Teotihuacano, Toltec, Mixtec, Zapotec and others" and
presents information about an archeological dig and restoration
project at Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico. Photo, map,
animations, videos (requiring QuickTime), rubbings of Maya
sculptures, and an illustrated encyclopedia are available as well as
the text of the first Palenque roundtable: a conference on art,
iconography, and dynastic history of Palenque. There are
related links. A joint venture of the Pre-Columbian Art
Research Institute (PARI) and Mexico's Instituto Nacional de
Antropologia y Historia (INAH).
Native Americans :
Zapotec
http://www.nativeamericans.com/Zapotec.htm
This site has a brief essay on Zapotec history, with links to
numerous additional resources on Zapotec history and culture.
Zapotec
Art http://members.aol.com/emdelcamp/zapotec.htm
Photographs of Zapotec art are shown.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Ancient Mexico & Central America : archaeology and culture
history
Call number: Ref F1219.E85 2004
Archaeology of ancient Mexico and Central America : an
encyclopedia
Call number: Ref F1218.6.A73 2001
The complete
visitor's guide to Mesoamerican ruins
Call number: Ref F1219.K44 1982
Encyclopedia of ancient Mesoamerica
Call number: Ref F1219.B932 1996
Encyclopedia of Mexico : history, society & culture
Call number: Ref F1204.E539 1997x
The flayed God : the
Mesoamerican mythological tradition : sacred texts and images from
pre-Columbian Mexico and Central America
Call number: Ref F1219.3.R38M24 1992
Handbook of middle American Indians
Call number: Ref F1434.H3 (1964-67)
Mexico mystique : the coming sixth world of consciousness
Call number: Ref F1219.3.R38W3 1989
The Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures : the
civilizations of Mexico and Central America
Call number: Ref F1218.6.O95 2001
Vanished Mesoamerican civilizations : the history and
culture of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs
Call number: Ref F1219.8.Z37G6713 2001
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases
http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm.
Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 1 sample search below is from the
ProQuest database. Use advanced search and type each
term in a separate box:
1. CO (Zapotec Tribe)
Researched and evaluated by:
M. Hogarth, Librarian 2/2000
last update: K. Bourgaize, Librarian 4/2008