- In pre-Columbian
Aztec society,
calpulli (from
classical Nahuatl calpōlli,
Nahuatl pronunciation: [kaɬˈpoːlːi],
meaning "large houses",
singular calpul)...
-
through intermarriage.
Calpolli leaders might be or
become members of the nobility, in
which case they
could represent their Calpolli interests in the altepetl...
- each camp was
divided into 20
districts (calpullis,
Nahuatl languages:
calpōlli,
pronounced [kaɬˈpoːlːi],
meaning "large house"); and each calpulli, or...
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otherwise ruled by a: Cuauhtlatoani, a
military governor Heads of
Calpōlli wards Heads of
households within calpōlli wards who
served as corvée labor...
- in the Americas. The
altepetl was
constituted of
smaller units known as
calpolli and was
typically led by a
single dynastic ruler known as a tlatoani, although...
- (1982)
Tetzcoco in the
Early 16th Century: The State, the City and the
Calpolli.
American Ethnologist 9:230-249. Lee,
Jongsoo &
Galen Brokaw (eds.) Texcoco:...
- the
hands of
their parents, but
supervised by the
authorities of
their calpōlli. Part of this
education involved learning a
collection of sayings, called...
- Cuauhtémoc
stationed his
headquarters in the site of Yacacolco, in the
calpolli (neighborhood) of Atenantitech, near the
market of Tlatelolco. Cortés then...
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organized into two groups. The
commoners were
organized into "wards" (
calpōlli) [kaɬˈpoːlːi] that were
under the
leadership of
tiachcahuan [tiat͡ʃˈkawaːn]...
- The mācēhualtin
worked lands that
belonged to the
social unit of the
calpolli called chinampas, with each
family maintaining rights to the land so long...
