On the shore of Mexico’s Huatulco National Park, Habacuc Avendaño loosens a snail out from underneath the craggy rocks. Holding several strands of white thread, he flips over the snail to reveal its ...

Catalina Navarette knows how hard it is for the Mixtec Indians to get to the Oxnard clinic, drawn by little more than the promise of a free bowl of soup, bags of second-hand clothes and some help ...

Many miles away from the popular Mexican seaside resort towns of Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas lie the poor, rural villages of Mexico’s Mixtec people, also known as “the People of the Land of the ...

“Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico” examines the history of the rich and complex societies that arose and flourished in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Shortly ...

Catalina Navarette knows how hard it is for the Mixtec Indians to get to the south Oxnard clinic, drawn by little more than the promise of a free bowl of soup, bags of second-hand clothes and some ...

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Ñuu Shaavi, The Land of Rain; A ...

Configuring the past -- History and historians -- Writing in images -- Structures of history -- Mixtec genealogical histories -- Lienzos and tiras from Oaxaca and southern Puebla -- Stories of ...

Mauro ‘Habacuc’ Avendaño, 81, milks a rare purpura snail for dye. In his lifetime, he has gone from finding up to 3,000 snails a day to about 100. Photograph: Mauricio Palos For 1,500 years, Mexico’s ...

Many miles away from the popular Mexican seaside resort towns of Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas lie the poor, rural villages of Mexico's Mixtec people, also known as "the People of the Land of the ...