San Sebastián Teitipac
San Sebastián Teitipac | |
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Municipality and town | |
San Sebastián Teitipac Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°57′N 96°37′W / 16.950°N 96.617°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
San Sebastián Teitipac is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km2. It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of .[1]
History
There was at least one prehispanic settlement in this region called Teticpac. Today there are three towns called Teitipac located in the same region, but it is not necessarily clear which one, if any, corresponds most closely to the location of the "Teitipac" mentioned in historic accounts. At any rate, Teticpac was a prehispanic Zapotec settlement. Religious activities comprised the sacrifice of children, slaves and dogs to idols, accompanied by dancing and the ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms. Teticpac was subject to Zaachila, and rendered tribute of turkeys, rabbits and honey.[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.