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The extent of the empire of the Culhua Mexica

University of California PressBerkeley And Los AngelesPublished In 1949 • Pages:

By: Barlow, R. H. (Robert Hayward).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is an attempt at a mapping of the Aztec ("Culhua Mexica") [i]Matricula de Tributos[/i] or Tribute Roll—a barkcloth document dating to 1522-1530 but probably copied from pre-Conquest examples, with Nahua annotations added—frequently referring to a later copy within the Codex Mendoza ("Codex Mendocino") with additional annotations. The surviving pages list tribute due from each ethnic political unit or city-state. Numerous towns pertaining to 38 "provinces" within seven "domains" are located on a modern map, and supplemental information from early Colonial sources is provided on the inhabitants of each where possible. Many of the footnotes are given in the original Spanish and not translated, and a large number of Nahua words are given without further comment.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Form and rules of government
Territorial hierarchy
Provinces
Towns
Taxation and public income
History
Place names
External relations
Military installations
Aftermath of combat
Slavery
Linguistic identification
External migration
Uniform and accouterment
Normal garb
Routes
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Aztecs
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2017
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Mexico
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1943-1948
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1486-1580
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
central and isthmian Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
By R. H. Barlow
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-141)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
49010163
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aztecs