Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps, Figures, and Table ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1. Tales of the "binni gulasa": Native History and the Zapotec Conquest of Tehuantepec 1
6. 2. King and Community in Prehispanic Tehuantepec 39
7. 3. The Social Fabric Is Torn: Political and Religious Change, I52I-I562 89
8. 4. The Colonial Political Economy Takes Root: Archaeological and Documentary Evidence, I563-I66o 119
9. 5. Confronting Colonial Authority in I66o 168
10. 6. Community Opposition in Late Colonial Times 203
11. 7. Historical Memory and Political Authority 230
12. 8. Isthmus Zapotec Politics and the Trajectory of Colonial Change 254
13. Notes 263
14. Bibliography 301
15. Index 315