HUASTECO INDIANS IS A MAYAN LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY 120,000 PEOPLE IN MEXICO. THERE ARE 3 VARIETIES OF THIS LANGUAGE. ALL HUASTECO SPEAKERS CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER FAIRLY WELL. THEY LIVE IN AN AREA CALLED LA HUEASTECA. THEY WERE HISTORICALLY FROM VERACRUZ AND HILDALGO ALONG PANUCA RIVER.
WHEN THE SPANISH CAME HERE IN 1529 THEY PROBABLY HAD 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE. THE HUESTECO IS A PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURE. BASED ON ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THEY DATE BACK TO 10TH CENTURY B.C.
THEIR MOST PRODUCTIVE PERIOD WAS IN THE POSTCLASSIC ERA. THEY CONSTRUCTED TEMPLES ON STEP PYRAMIDS, CARVED ROCK SCULPTURES, PRODUCED PAINTED POTTERY. THEY WERE THEY WERE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ATTAINED CIVILIZATION AND BUILT CITIES. THEY ALSO HAD GREAT MUSICIANS. THE HUASTEC REGION WAS KNOWN TO AZTECS FOR FERTILE SOIL.
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