Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Setting
　　1. Mixe Highlands and the Outside World
　　2. Historical Background
　　3. Economic Background
　　　　Tlahuitoltepec: Peripheral Market Village
　　　　Ayutla: Central Market Village
Part 2. Tlahuitoltepec: Traditional World
　　4. Civil and Religious Organizations
　　　　Family-level Relations
　　　　Civil and Religious Hierarchies and Offices
　　　　Recuruitment FiestaEconomy
　　　　Egalitarian Fiesta Economy
　　　　New Tendencies
　　5. Classifice of Rituals
　　　　Sacrifice Complex
　　　　Catholic Tradition
　　　　National Fiestas
　　6. Rituals of the Family and the Individual
　　　　Rituals of Life Crisis
　　　　Agricultural and Other Rituals
　　　　Native Curing
　　　　Responso, Misa Particular, and Saint Worship
　　　　Pilgrimages
　　7. Religious Fiestas
　　　　Historical Background
　　　　Fiestas of the Major Saints
　　　　Lent and Holy Week
　　　　All Saints' Day and Christmas
　　　　Minor Religious Fiestas
　　8. Rituals of the Officials and National Fiestas
　　　　Rituals of the Officials
　　　　National Fiestas
Part 3. Ayutla: Changing World
　　9. Preeminence of the Civil Organization and Transformation of the Mayordomías
　　　　The Civil-Religious Hierarchy and the Mayordomí in 1933 Changes after 1960
　　　　The 1970s
　 10. Changes in Rituals
　　　　Decline of Family and Individual Rituals
　　　　Strong Influence of the Missionaries on Religious Fiestas
　　　　Simplification and Secularization of Religious Fiestas
　　　　Politicization of the Rituals of the Officials
　　　　Advent of National Fiestas
Concluding Remarks

Appendices
　　1. Historical Data on the Highland Villages
　　2. Types of Gabán (ponchos)
　　3. Regional Costumes
　　4. Pottery Types
　　5. Ways in which Zapotec Merchants Dominate the Mixe
　　6. Kinship Terminology
　　7. Vocative Terms Based on Age Grade
　　8. Compadrazgo Terms
Acronyms
Glossary
Bibliography
Plates
Index