a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
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the language of the Zapotec
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of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people
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One major piece, a Zapotec mask of the bat god Murcielago from the Monte Alban ruins in southern Mexico, had come apart and had to be repaired, he said.