Zapotecan

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Noun	1.	Zapotecan - a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900 Zapotec American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
	2.	Zapotecan - the language of the Zapotec Zapotec Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language - a family of American Indian languages

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In "The Sacred City," an essay included in the post-humously published collection Ishi Means Man and devoted to the Zapotecan Indians' ritual center of Monte Alban and the pre-classical Mayan cities, (55) Merton makes a connection between the essentially peaceful life of pre-historic Indians and the absence of fortified cities.

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The men's behaviors are described in lurid detail, as is that of Alvaro Perez-Perez, one of Teresa's colleagues and Chicano soulmates who breaks into the women's room in the middle of the night; that of the medical student who lives with his mother and wants Teresa to mother him; or of the Zapotecan artist, Sergio Samora, a wealthy hacendado who promises to buy her a casita and asks her to be his assistant, interpreter, Malinche.

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Saville, "Exploration of Zapotecan Tombs in Southern Mexico," American Anthropologist 1, no.