Tonameca

Tonameca lies near the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, where rivers descend from the Sierra Sur to lagoons and beaches. A settlement existed here before the Spanish conquest, inhabited by Nahuatl-speaking groups and subject to the Mixtec kingdom of Tututepec in the Late Postclassic period. Tribute from the coastal region included cloth and other goods. The town belonged to a network of communities under the authority of the coastal kingdom.