The Mixtecs of Colonial OaxacaThis book is a history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, who in their own language call themselves Tay udzahui, "people of the rain place." These people were among the most populous cultural and language groups of Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish conquest. This study focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. The work is largely based on an extraordinary collection of