These people collected outstanding debts from their neighbors at weddings as part of their gozana exchange. The last great king of these people withstood a long siege from this people's mountain stronghold of Giengola. They had ruins at Yagul, and are often credited with developing the 52-year religious calendar eventually used throughout their region. They inhabited a city sometimes referred to a
These people collected outstanding debts from their neighbors at weddings as part of their gozana exchange. The last great king of these people withstood a long siege from this people's mountain stronghold of Giengola. They had ruins at Yagul, and are often credited with developing the 52-year religious calendar eventually used throughout their region. They inhabited a city sometimes referred to as Danipaguache, meaning "Sacred Mountain." They worshiped the rain god Cocijo, and reached their peak between 300 and 700 CE, when their terraced hilltop city of Monte Alb? began to decline. For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican people who preceded the Mixtecs as the dominant civilization in Oaxaca.
These people collected outstanding debts from their neighbors at weddings as part of their gozana exchange.
Zapotecs