The Zapotecs

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The Zapotecs, known as the 'Cloud People', dwelt in the southern highlands of central Mesoamerica, specifically, in the Valley of Oaxaca, which they inhabited from the late Preclassic period to the end of the Classic period (500 BCE - 900 CE).

Zapotec Civilization