Identification

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

1710

Cultural Revitalization and Ethnogenesis

Historical Reconstruction

Annual Cycle

Hunting and Trapping

Settlement Patterns

Territorial Hierarchy

Form and Rules of Government

External Relations

Cordage

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Construction

Public Structures

Religious and Educational Structures

General Tools

Production and Supply

Division of Labor by Gender

Taxation and Public Income

Kin Relationships

Rules of Descent

Kindreds and Ramages

Bibliographies in Sources

Dwellings

Status, Role, and Prestige

Residence

Household

Nuclear Family

Extended Families

Writing

Ornament

5310

Verbal Arts

5311

Visual Arts

Music

Dance

Material Not Relevant

Occupational Specialization

Classes

Social Relationships and Groups

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Polygamy

Exploitation

General Character of Religion

Cosmology

Mythology

Spirits and Gods

Luck and Chance

Sacred Objects and Places

Revelation and Divination

Organized Ceremonial

Ordering of Time

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Diet

Nonalcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

Land Use

Childhood Activities

Techniques of Socialization

Education System

Majority

Real Property

Changes in Property Rights

War Veterans

Life and Death

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Eschatology

Family Relationships

Kinship Terminology

Local Officials

Chief Executive

Administrative Agencies

Population

Composition of Population

Ethos

Income and Demand

Labor Relations

Talent Mobility

Accumulation of Wealth

Community Structure

Priesthood

Pharmaceuticals

Medical Therapy

Medical Personnel

Magicians and Diviners

Sorcery

Magical and Mental Therapy

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Prayers and Sacrifices

Inheritance

Gender Status

Social Control

Legal Norms

Wrongs

Offenses and Sanctions

Streets and Traffic

Towns

Rest Days and Holidays

Ritual

External Migration

Traditional History

Tribe and Nation

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Instigation of War

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Inter-Community Relations

Military Organization

Recruitment and Training

Aftermath of Combat

Commercial Facilities

Buying and Selling

Medium of Exchange

Exchange Transactions

Internal Trade

Retail Marketing

Slavery

Legal and Judicial Personnel

Reviews and Critiques

External Trade

Age Stratification

Culture Summary: NU07 Aztecs

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITSCREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Uto-Aztecan speaking Aztecs were the dominant partners of an alliance of city-states based in the Valley of Mexico that ruled an expansive empire. Otherwise independent city-states (themselves organized into wards providing a number of services, including education) were bound together by an emperor ruling through a council of similarly-ranked elites, on down through a military, priesthood, and bureaucracy dominated by an hereditary nobility. Social promotion of commoners was possible through achievement in warfare, trade, and education. Subsistence depended on both extensive and intensive agriculture, supplemented by small animal husbandry, and by hunting and gathering. There were highly developed market, trade, and imperial tribute systems; artisans specializing in a number of crafts resided in particular urban wards.

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