Tilantongo

{{Infobox ancient site

| name = Tilantongo

| caption = Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (Iya Nacuaa Teyusi Ñaña, 1063 - 1115), Lord of Tilantogo

| native_name = Ñuu Tnoo-Huahi Andehui

| native_name_lang = Mixtec

| map_type = Mexico

| map_caption = Location within Mexico

| cultures = Mixtec

}}

Tilantongo was a Mixtec citystate in the Mixteca Alta region of the modern-day state of Oaxaca which is now visible as an archeological site near the modern town of Santiago Tilantongo. It is located at 17°15' N. Lat. and 97°17' W. Long. Its Mixtec name was Ñuu Tnoo-Huahi Andehui meaning Black Town-Temple of Heaven[http://www.famsi.org/research/pohl/jpcodices/pohlmixtec9.html FAMSI – John Pohl's – Ancient Books – Mixtec Group Codices]{{sfnp|Pohl|2002|pages=56-63}}

History

Archeological excavations conducted by Alfonso Caso in the 1960s suggest that Tilantongo is among the oldest settlements in Oaxaca with architecture from the preclassic Monte Albán I phase. Preclassic and Classic remains were found at Monte Negro and the Postclassic settlement was located in the present day town of Tilantongo, slightly north of the Classic settlement.

The documentary record shows that Tilantongo was an important Mixtec polity in the Postclassic period. Mixtec picture codices, such as the Codex Zouche-Nuttall and Codex Bodley, tell the history of Lord 8 Deer who ruled Tilantongo in the eleventh century, and how he linked the Tilantongo dynasty with the central Mexican Toltecs.{{sfnp|Pohl|2002}}

References

{{cite book

|last=Pohl |first=John M.D.

|year=2002

|title=The Legend of Lord Eight Deer: An Epic of Ancient Mexico

|publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford; New York

|isbn=978-0-19-514019-4

|oclc=47054677

}}

{{cite book |author=Spores, Ronald |year=1967 |title=The Mixtec Kings and Their People |url=https://archive.org/details/mixteckingstheir0000spor |url-access=registration |location=Norman, Oklahoma|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=0-8061-1091-0}}

Category:Populated places in Oaxaca

Category:Histories of cities in Mexico