Tlalixtac de Cabrera
Tlalixtac de Cabrera | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel | |
  Tlalixtac de Cabrera Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°04′N 96°39′W / 17.067°N 96.650°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Tlalixtac de Cabrera is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km2. It is part of the Centro District in the Valles Centrales region. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of .[1]
History
Tlalixtac, historically also referred to as Taliztaca or Tlaliztacan, was a prehispanic Zapotec settlement. It was home to an idol of Coquihuani, the god of light, to whom were offered quail and parrot feathers, dogs, blood, and human sacrifices of boys and men, accompanied by music, dancing, and consumption of pulque. Tlalixtac was a subject town of Zaachila, to which it paid tribute of feathers and mantles. It also served alongside its overlord in wars.[2]
References
- ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ Wauchope, Robert; Wiley, Gordon; Spores, Ronald (1965). Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3: Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica. University of Texas Press. pp. 966, 970. ISBN 9781477306550.