They were mainly in Hidalgo. At the moment the zapotecas lives in Hidalgo and some few groups and very small in Veracruz, Guerrero and Chiapas
The climate in which the zapotecas were
was warm-temperate since they were in Mesoamérica
Temperate forests of
pine-encino, encino-pine, forests mesófilos, prairie subalpina, forests high
perennifolias and low caducifolias
Toucans
Colibríes
Monkeys spider
Squirrels
Bears anthills
Deers
Rabbits
Lizards
Frogs
Toads
Bears
Bird carpenter
They had government's teocrático form in which the priests are the maximum
to be able to
They
considered the condition and the man's action like part of a cosmic order that
by means of balance with the rest of the nature, it would arrive to a permanent
and indissoluble integration. For this reason the religion zapoteca had a
combined complex of deity that you/they reflected important aspects of the life
and of the social activities of the members of the group
The farming zapotecas was very good as weavers and potters.
The bas-reliefs and the paintings murals constitute some of
the most beautiful fragments in the prehispanic art of Mexico. They highlight
the designs of warriors especially and captive that point out the importance of
the warlike conflicts in the society. The architecture of the final period of
this culture is characterized by a profuse decoration type mosaic, boards and
staggered fretworks
http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/publicaciones/publi_mexico/publizapotecas.htm
http://www.e-mexico.gob.mx/wb2/eMex/eMex_Los_Zapotecas
http://masalto.com/masalto_db/imagenes_db/Oque/foto_zapotecas_2.jpg
http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/act_permanentes/viajeros/mesoamerica/culturazapoteca.htmvl
http://www.precolombino.cl/es/culturas/mesoamerica/zapotecas/index.php
http://www.famsi.org/spanish/research/zapotec/images/fig03.jpg