Tlachquiauhco

Tlachquiauhco, later called Tlaxiaco, was a Mixtec centre in the mountainous Mixteca Alta of Oaxaca, at an altitude where pine and oak forest covers the ridges. The Nahuatl name linked the place with the ballgame and rain, while the Mixtec name Ndisi Nuu referred to the settlement itself. Mexica records describe its conquest in the early sixteenth century, after which Mexica officials collected tribute of cloth, cacao and feathers from its villages. Soon afterwards Spanish rule brought new towns and tribute arrangements to the valley.